No Solace in Sleep

Debut album of Jon DeRosa's ambient guitar drone project Aarktica. A continuation of the sounds started by LIGETTI & followed through by BRANCA, FRIPP, ENO, SONIC YOUTH, MY BLOODY VALENTINE, LYCIA, LOVESLIESCRUSHING, FLYING SAUCER ATTACK, & MOGWAI. A solo sound identity for Jon DeRosa of NYC bands Flare and the Dead Leaves Rising. Aarktica sounds like distance and vast spaciousness. "At times as songlike as a sedated Durutti Column, or as ectoplasmic as Flying Saucer Attack sleepwalking through Windy & Carl's home movies of their trip to Iceland. I've listened to this at least a hundred times, and it's still letting parts of itself rise to the surface, or emerge from the mystery." (Dream Magazine)