OXHERDING - THE PAST IS GONE AND THE FUTURE IS NOT YET HERE
self released 2016, edition of 100
"created with the cassette format in mind... reinterpretations of past compositions released across a series of three EPs from 2013-2016. Dedicated to everyone fighting against injustice and hatred in my broken hometown of Saint Louis, Missouri. / 'The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.' -Thich Nhat Hanh" - OXHERDING bandcamp
debut cassette from st louis based FITZ HARTWIG, an apparent acolyte of classic ambient in the vein of ENO by way of STARS OF THE LID, active as OXHERDING since late 2012 which explains the high degree of refinement encountered here - THE PAST IS GONE is culled from a collection of digital eps, promising rough drafts, good ideas now employed as a springboard toward greatness, toward an elaborate unified theory as it were, as HARTWIG masterfully assembles an exquisite seamless patchwork of lush ambient passages, tranquil clouds of synth tones billowing across the heavens, angelic fermatas woven into patient melodies, finished with the perfect amount of rumbling drone to deliver a glorious finale, a must have for folks who dig DAVID ANDREE's IN STREAMS, M. GEDDES GENGRAS' ISHI and WILLAMETTE's DIMINISHED COMPOSITION (REC #77)
