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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Darla is proud to offer Matchless Years the fifth new record from Aarktica the experimental drone rock ensemble lead by Jon DeRosa. In the summer of 2007 DeRosa moved to Southern California. On Matchless Years he bids farewell to his NYC home with a collection of reverb-soaked anthems filled with the emotive melancholia that has endeared Aarktica to indie rockers and shoegazers around the world. With lyrics drawn directly from DeRosa's own film noir life in the city, Matchless Years embraces the spirit of ...   [ read more ]

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