#the irresistable art of space colonization and its mutation implications

[dustedmagazine]

Sigullum S—The Irresistable Art of Space Colonization and its Mutation Implications (Transmutation Ltd)

Active since 1985, Italy's Sigillum S has a very long history of inexplicable electronics exploration. This latest recording is no exception. Led by Eraldo Bernocchi, this album also includes Paolo Bandera and Bruno Dorella in the lineup. This time around, they appear to be bringing their harsh atmospheres to a space colonization theme, not that one would recognize that from listening. 

The band has always provided excessively long cyberpunk song titles, and the opening "Occult Storage for Pan-Dronic Glossolalia" is comparatively concise. Kicking off the album with wave upon wave of electronic hissing and buzzing, feedback tones, and noise, breaking apart to isolate a heartbeat pulse and warped vocal sounds until the noise re-enters, it's a harrowing trip through a field of sonic tension that sets the stage for the album. From there, the trio take the listener through a cornucopia of strange electronic fields. The years have perhaps given Sigillum S a glossier sheen to their instrumentation — even the outsiders feel the need to modernize kit — but it hasn't smoothed out their incessant restlessness.

The synth arpeggios that drive "Genetically-Engineered Insects" bring to mind the cybernetic pulses of a John Carpenter soundtrack, almost pretty with ominous overtones, but the creepy whispers and fizzing noises prevent it from ever becoming too friendly. Elsewhere, chugging beats dissolve into arrhythmic stutters and breakdowns, and "Through the Endless Streams of Satellite Euphoria" climbs out of uneasy ambience into a dubby bassline and freakout synth chittering. The piano of "Immortality" builds into an appropriately church-like feel, but its cavernous rhythm and distant chanting voices are thrown off by flitting, buzzing electronic sounds, perhaps hinting that God's territory is being overtaken by human invention.  

The band's statements are difficult to take at face value, perhaps, when they describe "sound... employed as a tool for mapping of neglected areas of the subconscious" and offer the album as a "morbid collection of unprecedented galactic novelties and forgotten sound archaeologies." But nobody ever said artists shouldn't reach for the unlikely, and you certainly can't find fault in taking steps toward a compelling interzone. The organization of audio presented in these songs doesn't lack for imagination or scope. Its chief challenge, in fact, is precisely the opposite: there's perhaps too much hither and thither, so only after repeated listens do the parts begin to cohere into a sensible whole. Even then, any given track never feels settled, and before you've made sense of a passage it's long gone and there's something new to consider.  

As music for exploring the questions of where space colonization might lead, and the inevitable changes to the human race that would result, the songs on The Irresistible Art Of Space Colonization... may open eyes to unexpected vistas, but it's best not to expect real answers. As if to accentuate the unanswerable, the album concludes with a riddle. The slowly bubbling beats of closer "Celestial Heliocentric Cultures" pull stretched synth tones along in a relatively sedate way until suddenly the song blows apart into the sounds of crazed, broken machinery, a malfunctioning space station computer sounding all of the alarms. The beats pound slowly as the chaos flies here and there, and the album ends with a moment of near-silence. Whether it's the silence of safety or the silence of finality is open to interpretation.  

Mason Jones

[sigillum-s]

Pre-orders for the new Sigillum S album, THE IRRESISTIBLE ART OF SPACE COLONIZATION AND ITS MUTATION IMPLICATIONS, will start on Friday, July 13 at 19:00 Central European Time @ https://sigillum-s.bandcamp.com/merch Pre-orders will allow to already download one track, as well as get access to the most (very) limited formats (such as the cassette one): shipping of the physical versions will then take place well ahead of the street release date of September 14, 2018, when full download of the whole album will start too (pre-orders will get automatically the full album on that date). #sigillums #ssheretinastimulants #eraldobernocchi #paololbandera #brunodorella #petuliamattioli

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Album: The Irresistible Art Of Space Colonization And Its Mutation Implications (2018)

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The new SIGILLUM S album “THE IRRESISTIBLE ART OF SPACE COLONIZATION AND ITS MUTATION IMPLICATIONS” will be released on September 14, 2018 by TRANSMUTATION LTD. as vinyl LP, CD and (very limited) cassette + download for web purchasers: all physical versions feature PETULIA MATTIOLI’s unique artwork, exploiting at best the power of her devastating vision. Pre-orders will start @ https://sigillum-s.bandcamp.com/ on July 13, 2018. #sigillums #eraldobernocchi #ssheretinastimulants #petuliamattioli #brunodorella

[sigillum-s]

Virtual Tour Exhibition #04 - The Irresistible Art Of Space Colonization and Its Mutation Implications by Sigillum S - https://sigillum-s.bandcamp.com/album/the-irresistible-art-of-space-colonization-and-its-mutation-implications (presso Kyoto, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKJMxR5J2VD/?igshid=42ck2sasbr1u

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SIGILLUM S – DIGITAL CAMPAIGN KICK OFF Tomorrow, September 23, 2020, SIGILLUM S will kick off a full digital campaign, when all their historical releases (20 studio albums, 7 live albums, 6 EPs, 4 singles, 2 compilations) will be made progressively available on every streaming and DL platform in monthly batches of 4 each, accompanying the existing BANDCAMP site, https://sigillum-s.bandcamp.com/. This will start with the most recent productions, that is 2018’s “THE IRRESISTIBLE ART OF SPACE COLONIZATION AND ITS MUTATION IMPLICATIONS” and the 2016 trilogy for the 30th anniversary, “IRON CATASTROPHE SPECTATORS” / “ASTRONOMIC HORROR” / “DEMONOLOGY” (all three of them never released digitally before), to then go backwards towards the earliest stuff, with the additional integration of unreleased material (and including also a couple of “lost” albums). Very soon details will be also communicated about a new single, “EMPTINESS SPHERES”, and a new album, “COALESCENCE OF TIME: OTHER CONJECTURES ON FUTURE”, as well as a few physical re-issues and some special collaborations. #sigillums #eraldobernocchi #ssheretinastimulants #brunodorella #paololbandera (presso London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFcGZsEixU8/?igshid=1a3opqom95umf

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The Covid-19 pandemic is in full force, and artists have been hit especially hard as tours and shows are being canceled for the foreseeable future. With such a major revenue stream drying up almost entirely, finding ways to continue supporting artists in the coming months is now an urgent priority for anyone who cares about music and the artists who create it. To raise even more awareness around the pandemic’s impact on musicians everywhere, Bandcamp are waiving their revenue share on sales this Friday, March 20 (from midnight to midnight Pacific Time), and rallying the Bandcamp community to put much needed money directly into artists’ pockets. Do whatever you feel like.... today is a better day to do it. https://sigillum-s.bandcamp.com/album/the-irresistible-art-of-space-colonization-and-its-mutation-implications #sigillums #eraldobernocchi #ssheretinastimulants #brunodorella https://www.instagram.com/p/B99HVkvinki/?igshid=1wdd075jf8duh

[sigillum-s]

Friday, 22/09/17, recording sessions start in London for the new Sigillum S album... The Irresistible Art Of Space Colonization & Its Mutation Implications... let the screeching spirits of River Thames sing for us ! #sigillums #eraldobernocchi #ssheretinastimulants #brunodorella

[sigillum-s]

SIGILLUM S are gearing up for new live dates in May and then recording of a new album, COALESCENCE OF TIME - OTHER CONJECTURES ON FUTURE... meanwhile, refer to https://sigillum-s.bandcamp.com/album/the-irresistible-art-of-space-colonization-and-its-mutation-implications for current status .... #sigillums #ssheretinastimulants #eraldobernocchi #brunodorella https://www.instagram.com/p/BvG5rvPFdxz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1gt6zc4ityhlo

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SIGILLUM S “Coalescence Of Time: Other Conjectures On Future” News and announcements will come shortly on the way up to the new album and related activities + releases..... meanwhile, here are the current references to The Irresistible Art .... https://sigillum-s.bandcamp.com/album/the-irresistible-art-of-space-colonization-and-its-mutation-implications “… we propose to study a generalized growth model, including all categories of unconventional literatures and yet coalesce them around critiques of linear thought… “ #sigillums #eraldobernocchi #brunodorella #paololbandera #ssheretinastimulants (presso Dalston) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2_GbSvDTxK/?igshid=1g9zgbvb7hcf

[sigillum-s]

Another World Across The Endless Streams Of Space Exploration... https://sigillum-s.bandcamp.com/album/the-irresistible-art-of-space-colonization-and-its-mutation-implications #sigillums #eraldobernocchi #ssheretinastimulants #brunodorella https://www.instagram.com/p/BpbbnPrhZ-h/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=9ji7r71a3hno

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Through The Endless Streams Of Satellite Euphoria. https://sigillum-s.bandcamp.com/album/the-irresistible-art-of-space-colonization-and-its-mutation-implications #sigillums #eraldobernocchi #ssheretinastimulants #brunodorella #ritalauraleoni https://www.instagram.com/p/BpJZH9mh1xs/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1d0kwa65jdnbz

[sigillum-s]

The new Sigillum S album, “The Irresistible Art Of Space Colonization...”, is now available in a few, selected record stores of excellence.... so far, you can get it in person @ Serendeepity in Milano, Disco d’Oro in Bologna and Rough Trade West in London. We are working on a broader range of stores / geographies, while (of course) you can order online @ https://sigillum-s.bandcamp.com/album/the-irresistible-art-of-space-colonization-and-its-mutation-implications. Copies will be also available at the forthcoming Sigillum S live shows - November 16 in Torino - December 6 in Berlin - December 8 in Milano - December 14 in Ravenna as well as some “solo” events (such as Destination Morgue X in Roma on November 2 and 3). #sigillums #eraldobernocchi #ssheretinastimulants #brunodorella https://www.instagram.com/p/BpFVt1hhWlx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=il9cm65g40p7

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Genetically Engineered Insects. https://sigillum-s.bandcamp.com/album/the-irresistible-art-of-space-colonization-and-its-mutation-implications #sigillums #eraldobernocchi #ssheretinastimulants #brunodorella #ritalauraleoni https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo1pw_chfUn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1o9tf3ccwbqjn

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Wrong Proto-Matter Gravitation. https://sigillum-s.bandcamp.com/album/the-irresistible-art-of-space-colonization-and-its-mutation-implications #sigillums #ssheretinastimulants #eraldobernocchi #brunodorella #ritalauraleoni https://www.instagram.com/p/BozFgnjBaoH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bwm8mg0aidhk