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DREAMACHINE

by Baccomouth

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A message from blanko:

"We got in touch with an old friend of ours, and struck a deal. 1100dbDEATH will be working with BaccoTapes in order to re-issue Baccomouth's discography, all 6 albums from 2017-2022, plus additional recordings yet to be released. The fifth of these reissues is a more conceptually focused dream music effort, inspired by Brion Gysin's conceptual design of the same name, 2022's "DREAMACHINE".

A message from Baccomouth:

“The Dreamachine was devised by Brion Gysin, artist, traveller, writer, and alchemist.

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The Dreamachine arose from his observations of the effects of passing rapidly through a vale of trees, the flickering of the sunlight causing him to enter into an altered state of consciousness [...] The effects of the flicker, you see, are potent. The process itself was known to North African tribesman who entered trance states through the rapid movement of their hands and fingers across their closed eyes, heads tilted towards the Sun.

With the current vogue for high-technology brain-machines at an unparalleled height, the original concept as developed by Brion Gysin and his collaborator Ian Sommerville is a welcome reminder that whilst technology advances apace, the conceptual base for interior research is as ancient as the Sun and the trees. It’s beauty is in its simplicity, and in its ecologically sound construction, which requires no more than a sheet of card and the recycling of a redundant record player.

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The Dreamachine is probably the first visual device to be viewed with your eyes closed. What we want to see is INSIDE. Do not worry if you generally find that closed eyes means darkness. With the Dreamachine it doesn’t. A kaleidoscope of light will result and slowly these turn into archetypal visions, pictures that come alive and tell you your story, as you really are.

The instructions are simple, so close your eyes and enter the visual world of the Dreamachine. Enjoy your journey.”

- Excerpt from DREAMACHINE PLANS by BRION GYSIN
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released August 13, 2023

Originally released January 1, 2022

Composed, Performed, Sequenced, and Engineered by Baccomouth

Engineered and Mastered by Lucas Rose

Cover designed by DOSvirus
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[Eleven-Hundred-Decibel DEATH]

Experimental music recorded within the Sagittarius A* black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

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