Witch Doctor, by The Heavenly Rungling Society

Witch Doctor

by The Heavenly Rungling Society

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1.	Water Emerges Powers And Medicines Gifts 08:56	buy track
2.	The Underworld Surgeon 06:56	buy track
3.	Dr. Plastic Genie 04:35	buy track
4.	Black Powder Two 05:45	buy track
5.	Mganga Snake Stole His Ears 08:37	buy track
6.	Ten For Cigarette And The Doorway 05:17	buy track
7.	I Would Advise You Not Magic 05:40	buy track
8.	Razor Look Of Veins By 1986 05:58	buy track
9.	Bent Woman He Says Leaps House 06:52	buy track
10.	Rain I Slowed 05:44	buy track

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This new release from The Heavenly Rungling Society, Witch Doctor, revisits the tonalities and patterns of the ERD Caput Draconis and intertwines them with the “drunken” rhythms of the Making Sound Machines Stolper Beats. Expect in the pocket backbeats to lurching stolper-ness interlacing with resonant pings, metallic skronk and walls of noise.

Beyond the Bitbox drum samples, all sound comes from the Caput Draconis, sometimes raw and sometimes voiced by filters, phasers and frequency shifters. The Draconis has a will of its own, and constantly surprises those who improvise with it. At times it responds with amazing patterns and textures, and then moments later decides not to. It is a challenging partner to work with, but ultimately a rewarding one.

All tracks are live improvisations recorded from early September to late October 2023 direct to a 4MS WAV Recorder. Primary instruments used are the Caput Draconis and the Stolperbeats. Samples from the 1010 Music Bitbox, processing/voicing from Makenoise MMG, QPAS, Optomix and Mimeophon, Xaoc Kozalin, Harvestman Malgorithm MK II, Modcan Dual Phaser, with Happy Nerding FX Aid Pro and Tasty Chips ECR+ reverbs.

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released October 27, 2023

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Works in numerous modes of looping and modular electronics, through live improvisations using delay, granular, low-res sampling and west coast electronics within a eurorack modular ecosystem.

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