Burnt and Buried by Voltergeist Voltergeist : Burnt and Buried.
 Psyche-dub electrical pirate wobble.

On this album, written during a long spell in the studio after my grandfather died, I wanted to try and forge my own musical style. I ended up leaning heavily on dub, traditional folklore (especially Jamaican), and acid sounds.

I found some old Calypso and Mento records and used some sounds from those as textures and loops. Also, I knew I wanted the album to sound kind of "piratey," as it is perhaps the most romantic of all childhood fantasies, and I definitely spent a lot of time thinking about my childhood when my grandfather passed away.

I just wanted the whole thing to sound fun! There's even a sample from a Jamaican Jerk Sauce specialist giving a taste demonstration. Spicy food is the best designer drug!

Regarding the artwork, there are nautical compasses and an old John Speed map of Jamaica blended into the background, and a nice trippy close up of a Black Witch moth blended into the tracklist page of the inlay. There's also a silhouette of a Black Witch moth on the front cover, covering the St. Thomas Parish of the Jamaica map (where the Morant Bay Slave Rebellion occured back in 1865).

In Jamaican folklore, the Black Witch moth is known as a "Duppy Bat". It is said to be an embodiment of a lost soul, or a soul not at rest. The Jamaican National Heroes George William Gordon and Paul Bogle were hanged at Morant Bay by the British authorities for their part in the rallying of the slave workers, who set fire to the Court House and the nearby buildings in anger. They were buried in a shallow grave behind the Court House.

Songs:

1. Boogu Yagga
2. Pork Chops
3. Burnt and Buried
4. Inna Self Made Net
5. Sing it to the Moon
6. John Canoe
7. Guillemot Rock

Listen to: the entire album.

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Release date: 3/3/2012
Voltergeist lives in Maybole Scotland

Tagged as: Electronica, Ambient, Darkwave

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