A:.S:., by Accenting Shadows

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1.	A-D 05:01	buy track
2.	When You Are Not Looking 09:23	buy track
3.	Evening Ritual 08:45	buy track
4.	...As The Current Pulls... 05:29	buy track
5.	Insolve 07:09	buy track
6.	Drifting 08:42	buy track
7.	Comply 05:57	buy track
8.	Involkation - Live at Katabatik Winter Solstice 2011 (Excerpt) 09:09	buy track
9.	Tidefall 13:05	buy track
10.	Sidereal Oscillations 08:45	buy track

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All music by Barrett Clark and Flora Dexter
Track 8 extracted from a live set at Mr Floppy's Flophouse, Oakland in 2011. Released via Cuss Fetish (MAT06) in 2015
Track 9 Previously released via Katabatik Kollektion 4 in 2011
Archived and Mastered by Michael Buchanan in January 2024
In Memory of Barrett Clark (1981-2016).
This material is intended to be played at maximum volume.

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released January 23, 2024

Accenting Shadows (often abbreviated as A:.S:.) was an obscure Bay Area project that existed from 2007 - 2015. Comprised of Barrett Clark and Flora Dexter, A:.S:. was the industrial dark ambient formation of this SF weird electronics power duo. Known for unhinged and maximum volume live sets at various Katabatik events - in dark clubs and forests; this project also had a private studio practice that spanned across many years. A few tracks were released via Katabatik CDR Compilations in the aughts, as well as on a Cuss-Fetish split cassette release in 2015 (Side A being RPTN; Barrett Clark’s solo acid tekno noise project).

The project ceased when Barrett Clark tragically lost his life in the Oakland warehouse fire of December 2nd, 2016. Most of these tracks have never been heard outside of a small circle of friends, and were extracted and archived from Barrett’s hard drives. A:.S:. collects these studio works, and adds in a highlight from a 2011 Winter Solstice live set at Mr Floppy’s Flophouse in Oakland. Archived and remastered with care by Michael Buchanan in collaboration with Flora Dexter, this collection stands the test of time as an album with 10 deep vortices of telluric currents.

This material explores elemental and rhizomatic sound design using various analog monosynths through racks of digital effects, and archaic vinyl records manipulated via heavy processing. Many of the tracks are long form, allowing the sonic shadows to gather and creep unnoticed. Deceptively simple, these deep drones hide subtle manipulations, that drift in all directions. This dreamlike compendium foreshadows the listener’s attunement towards the qualities of darkness, while hearkening back to days long past.

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