Location Momentum

The mysterious Eleh has chosen to release their first digital recordings on Touch, here available on CD. Eleh has been an enigma since the first record under that name was released in 2006. In numbered editions with letter-pressed sleeves, usually on Important Records, these vinyl-only releases were evidently a labor of love and attention. Further recordings have been released on the labels Taiga and Touch, making up eleven vinyl editions in all. Eleh began as long ago as 1999 as an exploration of analog synthesis, emphasizing low frequency oscillation and resonant acoustic phenomena. Eleh's work highlights the physical presence of sound as it has been inspired by the physical world.

"The stuff that Eleh sets in motion from whatever electronic sound generators he/she deploys represents a measured and methodical paring away of all that might appear superfluous, baroque and rococo. Each of the tracks here consists of just a handful of discrete (and discreet) but highly-charged sound events that emerge, overlap, recede and reverberate at critical frequencies over extended durations. At certain crucial points this approach serves as a formula for opening a portal that David Toop has referred to as the dark void, that spectral realm magicked into being (or exposed by) the drone, in which audio apparitions and chimeras dance through smoke and mirrors, suggesting the existence of occult planes and dimensions, multiple other realities, worlds within worlds." - Tony Herrington / The Wire