arbouretum

rites of uncovering

RITES OF UNCOVERING

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RITES OF UNCOVERING

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Rites of Uncovering, Arbouretum's Thrill Jockey debut, is an album of broad scope, musically, lyrically and texturally. The name alludes to a process of constant questing that is part of Arbouretum's raison d'etre, what Heumann describes as "a sense of religiosity that is not tied down to a particular moral or ecclesiastical approach, but rather proto-religious feelings such as awe in the face of something greater." In this case, that "something greater" is the music itself and/or the source thereof. Rites...was influenced either obtusely or more directly (as in the song "Mohammed's Hex and Bounty", based on "Love with a Few Hairs" by Mohamed Mrabet) by the writer Paul Bowles. ? "There is an effort to 'get to the bottom of things', to peel back a ... read more