An eight part electroacoustic work composed of field recordings, electronic, and
metallic sound sources. The title is in reference to volcanic activity, the Roman
god of fire & metalworking, and their symbolic meaning in western esoteric
alchemical tradition.
"This is a kind of movie for the ears... all edges are blurred, and we navigate on
the threshold of real/unreal... like being caught in an interzone where small
magnified details take us on a higher level of perception, perhaps consciousness...
sounds seem to emerge from some elemental crucible and speak for their own...
quite a haunted and evoking walk !" (Daniel Crokaert - Mystery Sea)
metallic sound sources. The title is in reference to volcanic activity, the Roman
god of fire & metalworking, and their symbolic meaning in western esoteric
alchemical tradition.
"This is a kind of movie for the ears... all edges are blurred, and we navigate on
the threshold of real/unreal... like being caught in an interzone where small
magnified details take us on a higher level of perception, perhaps consciousness...
sounds seem to emerge from some elemental crucible and speak for their own...
quite a haunted and evoking walk !" (Daniel Crokaert - Mystery Sea)
artist: DALE LLOYD
title: Vulcan Augmented
catalog number: and/1
release year: 2001
format: CDR
status: sold out
title: Vulcan Augmented
catalog number: and/1
release year: 2001
format: CDR
status: sold out
ReR (NOVEMBER 2003)
A low key but subtle CD made, it says, from field recordings (I'm guessing and
hearing, including volcanoes - hence the title - and a lot of weather and wildlife),
electronic and metallic sources. Unfortunately, that's all it says; more information
would have been worth having. The sound and pacing makes you want to know
more. A successful and very atmospheric work that never loses its grip on the
material or the ear. (Chris Cutler)
A low key but subtle CD made, it says, from field recordings (I'm guessing and
hearing, including volcanoes - hence the title - and a lot of weather and wildlife),
electronic and metallic sources. Unfortunately, that's all it says; more information
would have been worth having. The sound and pacing makes you want to know
more. A successful and very atmospheric work that never loses its grip on the
material or the ear. (Chris Cutler)
ABSURD (DECEMBER 2003)
Dale Lloyd's "Vulcan Augmented" is another CDR that I enjoyed listening. It was the
first to listen to when I came back from my holidays and after having spent 2 weeks
on the mountains of continental Greece, I loved the idea of a CDR that brought in
mind some of the most bizarre and obscure moments I lived there (a feeling I was
given also from the RSundin cdr). Dale uses field recordings, electronic, and
metallic sound sources to craft a really dense atmosphere, often can be labeled as
"ambient" or "electroacoustic" but on one hand is lovely enough and on the other it
was my second encounter with his work, the first being "Like Ulysses" on Staalplaat's
Open Circuit Series and I must admit that I was flattered from the progress Dale has
achieved since that work (which was really dense and bizarre but was giving me the
feeling that there was something missing from its atmosphere). I guess if you are
wondering which work of his to use as a starting point, then it be this one.
(Nicolas Malevitsis)
Dale Lloyd's "Vulcan Augmented" is another CDR that I enjoyed listening. It was the
first to listen to when I came back from my holidays and after having spent 2 weeks
on the mountains of continental Greece, I loved the idea of a CDR that brought in
mind some of the most bizarre and obscure moments I lived there (a feeling I was
given also from the RSundin cdr). Dale uses field recordings, electronic, and
metallic sound sources to craft a really dense atmosphere, often can be labeled as
"ambient" or "electroacoustic" but on one hand is lovely enough and on the other it
was my second encounter with his work, the first being "Like Ulysses" on Staalplaat's
Open Circuit Series and I must admit that I was flattered from the progress Dale has
achieved since that work (which was really dense and bizarre but was giving me the
feeling that there was something missing from its atmosphere). I guess if you are
wondering which work of his to use as a starting point, then it be this one.
(Nicolas Malevitsis)
