Debut album of Jon DeRosa's ambient guitar drone project Aarktica. A continuation of the sounds started by LIGETTI & followed through by BRANCA, FRIPP, ENO, SONIC YOUTH, MY BLOODY VALENTINE, LYCIA, LOVESLIESCRUSHING, FLYING SAUCER ATTACK, & MOGWAI. A solo sound identity for Jon DeRosa of NYC bands Flare and the Dead Leaves Rising. Aarktica sounds like distance and vast spaciousness. "At times as songlike as a sedated Durutti Column, or as ectoplasmic as Flying Saucer Attack sleepwalking through Windy & Ca...   [ read more ]

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Jon DeRosa aka Aarktica is a composer and programmer, sings, and plays vocals, guitars, harmonium, and glockenspiel. For this release, he enlisted the help of friends Lorraine Lelis (of Mahogany) on vocals and one of the most innovative downtempo, ambient, IDM DJs in NYC, Aaron Spectre, on programming for a couple of tracks. Using orchestrated guitar drones and altered beats, Aarktica continues his effort to break down the wall between experimental/drone and modern classical. The result is an update on the...   [ read more ]

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After nearly two years of silence, Aarktica (aka Jon DeRosa) returns with a fourth full-length release, the most haunting and ambitious to date. Supported by an ensemble of horns, strings and percussion, Bleeding Light is it's own distinct hybrid of dark, dissonant free jazz, electro-acoustic drone pop, and shoegaze glimmer, all largely centered around North Indian raga structures.At its core, Bleeding Light is an album about New York City in the sense that it captures the very massive and intricate feelin...   [ read more ]

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