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The Hierophant

by Black Tempel Pyrämid

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    Due to demand, a second edition of cassettes for BTP's acclaimed album, again featuring Glove of Bones brilliant cover art. This edition of tapes are presented in petrol blue shells in clear cases.

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Originally released on 30 ultra limited edition gold cassettes by Submarine Broadcasting Company (UK) May 3rd, 2021.

Re-issued on 20 petrol blue cassette copies in June, 2021.

Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 9 were recorded between January - February 2021.

Tracks 2, 4, 6, and 10 were recorded between March 2017 - November 2020.

Recorded at the FoCo Zodiak Sonic Lab in the Horsetooth Mountains.

REVIEW:
"Tapping into the shrouded mysterious and symbolism of the Tarot, the latest release from those fine connoisseurs of all that is great on the peripherals of experimental music, Submarine Broadcasting Co., is a veiled atmospheric acid-hippie folk, post-punk and kosmische style album from Colorado’s Black Tempel Pyrämid.

Depending on which way you flip it, the album’s titular Hierophant represents the educator and the universal tree of knowledge. Etymology speaking, from the Greek, it means a person who brings religious congregants into the presence of that which is deemed holy, or, an interpreter of sacred mysterious and arcane principles, who is often illustrated by the image of the Pope in some Tarot decks. Make what you will of the auguries and relevance, metaphors of this esoteric ceremony; steeped as it is in a haze of the Durutti Column and Ash Ra Tempel fanned phaser and sustained scuzz-rippled guitar lingering, tubular bell tolls in the mists and Fritch and Coil like ritual sacrifices. Drifting towards the hypnotising in one way, yet menacing in a warp reversal of Sunn O))) death cultism in another, these Fort William coven acolytes lay down an almost bestial soundtrack of feudal time travelled cosmic mysticism that summons up the spirits and visions of krautrock’s more dream realism and spaced-out in the galaxy trips: the sound of magik hippies mesmerised by their teacher’s sagacious teachings. The Hierophant is a transformative doorway into another world." - Monolith Cocktail (2021)

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released May 3, 2021

Electronics & Written-by Patrick R. Pärk
Special thanks to the Pärk Family Orchestre, Rob Melor
Cover by Glove of Bones

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Patrick R. Pärk / Black Tempel Pyrämid / Kösmonaut / Teeth Of Glass Trinidad, Colorado

Patrick R. Pärk is a Deep Diver of Primitive Droning Kosmische Territories.

He's a serial CD / tape releaser.

He performs as Black Tempel Pyrämid, RUFFINI, Kösmonaut, LIFE ED and Teeth Of Glass.

He also releases music under his own name.

His sound is Klaus Schulze mixed with Pierro Umiliani with a dash of John Carpenter / Con Schnitzler

He operates Ethereal Mother Tapes and his PRO is B.M.I.
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