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The Urthona vs the Asterism album <a href="http://www.strangeattractor.co.uk/shoppe/uvta.html" target="_blank">Murmurations</a> (Further 05) has been popping up in strange places. An <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/visit-south-west/ten-green-breaks-in-somerset" target="_blank">advertorial feature</a> on eco-breaks in Somerset mentions it when describing the starling swarms that inspired the recording:

<em>The starlings murmuration is the Somerset equivalent of the northern lights. Westhay Moor often plays centre stage. This phenomenon is based on one million birds playing by the same rule - don't be the first to go down to roost. The result is a swirling mass of utter beauty. The sound is spectacular, too. It's even sparked a "heavy rural" album by Urthona.</em>

The album has also garnered a great review by Ectogram's Alan Holmes over at <a href="http://freq.powweb.com/freq_wp/?p=631" target="_blank">Freq</a>:

<em>side one’s 24 minute “River Severn Bore” incarnates the relentless natural power of the said tidal current, layers of distorted guitar and analogue electronic drones melting into a fluid and enveloping rush of sound... By the end of the piece, the grainy sonic surfaces become so visceral, you can literally scratch them with your nails, like a feral snotty nephew of </em><em>John Cale</em><em>’s pre-</em><em>Velvets</em><em> drone experiments or perhaps </em><em>Merzbow</em><em> at his most ‘rock’. </em>

Nice!

Listen to a snippet or buy the CD here: <a href="http://www.strangeattractor.co.uk/shoppe/uvta.html" target="_blank">Murmurations</a>