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12" LP · (Urashima)
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"Ottoman Black is a masterful damn record, an album of midnight drones and true noise, a definitive statement that makes most other noise records of this ilk seem immature, if not outright stillborn. From the cover photography, presenting a mundane situation with an air of isolated, hysterical desperation, to the track titles, presented in the style of an academic outline (I., II., a., b., etc.) this is a formally conceived and meticulously crafted 35 minutes, leaving nothing untitled or untidy.
"Ottoman Black is in the very highest percentile of achievement, the top one percent of noise albums that came out in 2008. It is not something to nod off to, or put on while washing dishes, but a 35-minute symphony of dread, distress and, yes, betrayal. At the same time, the sheer depth of technological achievement (great sound/mastering/technical know-how) make it an engaging listen, and will assuredly continue to give up new information with multiple listens.>
"As Urashima reissues go, this is on the new side of old, but its inclusion still makes sense alongside MB and ATRAX MORGUE and others. If MAURIZIO BIANCHI's atrophied synth and MARCO CORBELLI's sickly moans diagrammed the depths of their despair and depression, CRUMER processes his frustration and failure visually, recreating humiliation and defeat through lucid waking nightmares, recreations of the worst day of his life through sound and text. Ottoman Black still sounds as blazing and new as it did when it was released. It is not a museum artifact or dated in its style, even if it feels like it was created in a different time. Highest recommendation."
-Chris Sienko, associate editor of As Loud As Possible magazine.

The LP has been pressed on 140g black vinyl with black labels and black inner sleeve and comes in a deluxe silver silkscreen on black cardboard sleeve, limited to 199 copies with insert in luxury 160g ivory paper with exclusive notes by CHRIS SIENKO, RAYMOND CUMMINGS, TOM GRIMLEY and RYAN JENCKS. All packaged in a clear plastic sleeve to protect the LP, cover and inserts from dirt, shelf wear and damage.

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