pendulum nisum: s/t

Pendulum Nisum are Reto Mader (Ural Umbo, Sum Of R, RM74) and Mike Reber (Herpes o DeLuxe). The 8 pieces on their debut album are built on majestic organic drones and hypnotic, sinister melodies - a complex structured sound built from horns, organ, piano, analogue synthesizers, shades of guitar sounds, voices, found objects, electro-acoustic processes, and, most of all, an unusual strong presence of field recordings. The powerful but warm and gloomy sound, based on acoustic instruments and electronic sound treatment clashes in a challenging way with the carefully selected natural sounds (thunderstorms, rain, city noises) chosen from the huge sound databank that Reber has collected within the last decade. The cover artwork is based on pictures from well known Swiss photographer Reto Camenisch.