| Cold Spring presents: – LULL – Out 12th January Artist: LULL Title:‘Journey Through Underworlds’ Catalogue Number: CSR329CD Barcode: 0641871746231 Style: Dark Ambient / Drone Format: CD in digipak Out: 12th January 2024 The classic, genre-defining 1993 album from LULL – the pioneering, isolationist dark ambient project of MICK HARRIS of SCORN, FRET, ex-NAPALM DEATH – is a dark journey through the Stygian netherworlds of Hell. The listener is left with the impression of a final escape into reality; a return upon waking, with only wispy trace memories and the heavy rush of blood-pumping fear as a keepsake. Mick Harris © Helge Mundt With this album, we are plunged back into a dark pit of noise – all escape barred, all hope dashed. The nightmare continues, the journey through underworlds descends deeper. These are soundtracks for Nightmares. Despite there being just three tracks on the album, it lasts just shy of 75 minutes. Originally released on Sentrax (the label of the late John Everall / Tactile), the CD suffered the ‘disc rot’ fate of many PDO pressings from 1988-1993, rendering most of that initial run unplayable. Mixed by Justin K Broadrick (GODFLESH). Remastered by Martin Bowes (The Cage Studios) from the original recordings supplied by Mick Harris. Matt digipak with majestic artwork by Abby Helasdottir (Gydja). Track listing: 1. Downwards (16:39) 2. Journey Through Underworlds (11:58) 3. In The Distance (45:43) MICK HARRIS ON LULL: “I finally heard the way of recording, making profound sounds. Lull is purely something I can get lost in, as far as trying to create these imaginary spaces. And that’s what I always tried to do – to create. I’m a lover of sounds. I love collecting sounds. Playing with those sounds using various software until I created something new from that sound. Which for me end being what I call “a droner” or “a drift”, I’d use those to create a piece of music, or a sound-scape. That’s what I’m doing with Lull. Just trying to create soundscapes. And to this day, still, absolutely love doing that. LULL is quite natural for me. It’s an extension of me. Drifting. Just going to darkness. Into a space. LULL is drifting and droning, discovering more and more what can be done with sound. These soundscapes hugely appeal to me”. bandcamp | artist page |