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This age

by Katja Institute

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Fire 13:58
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LIFE 04:10
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The Ocean 06:00
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Dark Secrets 05:32
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big rob 08:27
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about

How did the Dark Power go wrong? Here, no doubt, we ask a question to which human beings cannot give an answer with any certainty. A reasonable (and traditional) guess, based on our own experiences of going wrong, can, however, be offered. The moment you have a self at all, there is a possibility of putting yourself first – wanting to be the centre – wanting to be God, in fact. That was the sin of Satan: and that was the sin he taught the human race. Some people think the fall of man had something to do with sex, but that is a mistake. (The story in the Book of Genesis rather suggests that some corruption in our sexual nature followed the fall and was its result, not its cause.) What Satan put into the heads of our remote ancestors was the idea that they could 'be like gods' – could set up on their own as if they had created themselves – be their own masters – invent some sort of happiness for themselves outside God, apart from God. And out of that hopeless attempt has come nearly all that we call human history – money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery – the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.

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released March 12, 2017

Vital Weekly 1076 -

Back in Vital Weekly 1064 I wrote this about 'A Monument For Your Enthusiasm': "Maybe adding information of whatever kind is regarded by some as… old hat? Superfluous? A pain? A trouble? It is hard to say. It is not something that Katja Institute likes to share with us. This is a CDR; right out of the shop, with absolutely no information, no cover, no writing on it, nothing. Not easy to find again if you are looking for it." Now there is a new release, their sixth and again it comes with a David Lynch quote. This time there is one piece on the CDR, exactly clocking in at sixty minutes, but if you take a look at the Bandcamp version (which actually comes with an image in the form of a text), then you'll notice the group sees this as eight separate pieces. Opening this as a wave file I can see two breaks so that would mean there are three separate pieces. The longest one, starting around nineteen minutes, going all the way until the end, definitely moves through a bunch of textures. Like before all of this is very much part and parcel from the world of drone music, and this is not different. But as with the previous release, some of this seems to be taking too much time, or, in different words, it stays too long in the same place without too many changes. That is a pity as what they have to offer sounds pretty good. There is some strong dynamic music to be found in this, with especially in the first thirteen minutes (these tracks have no titles, but I am guess you don't think that is a surprise for a no-cover release?) a very deep bass sound. It is followed by a short piece of some mid-high frequency sample/hold sound, after which the 'rest' of 'Time Age' starts. It is all quite enjoyable, these remaining forty minutes but I couldn't help thinking that perhaps a somewhat faster curve, say doing all of this in twenty-five to thirty minutes would have made the whole release a bit stronger. I know drone music is supposed to sound spaced out but there is a risk of the listener dozing off. Unless that of course is exactly what Katja Institute wants? But then I would think that the listener should actively rework some of the frequencies before trying to go to sleep, as it might be a bit too heavy on the bass tones. So, all in all, not a bad and somewhat long release and I for one hope the next one will be sporting a cover, however minimal that will be. It will be difficult to tell them apart in the future. (FdW)

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