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AAX​-​172 : Village Brethren

by Deserter & Dante Augustus Scarlatti

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    Cassette packaged in a vintage pearl snap western shirt pocket, silkscreened on both sides in black ink. Includes small insert on grey cardstock.

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Organic Inspiration 01:47
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Cold Cemetary Mourning 04:45
3.
Redemption 06:06

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Released as cassette C30
AAX-172 | Limited Edition of 45

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More info: www.aurisapothecary.org/releases/aax-172

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“Village Brethren” is a short, 3-track collection of songs that Deserter and Dante Augustus Scarlatti recorded in various locations over a 2 year window, each track displaying the duo switching instruments and genres seamlessly. Although they worked together on the recording/production of both Deserter tapes (Unsung Eulogies / Sister Cities) and would later go on to record a stunning collaboration with Tyler Damon (Auer Hall Sessions), these tracks remain the only compositions exclusively featuring the two close friends in musical harmony. For years they were unofficial and left to fade away on our hard drives, until we decided that wasn’t good enough – these needed to be shared.

“Village Brethren” opens with the eerie, guitar & organ-filled “Organic Inspiration,” a short prologue with droning subsonic bass notes from a vintage organ and a delayed guitar melody. “Cold Cemetary Mourning” slows the pace and fills the stereo spectrum with a haunting lo-fidelity piano progression reminiscent of GY!BE in its bleakness, with thunderous bass notes and scraping analog soundscapes. The collection ends with “Redemption,” a reverb-soaked Western dirge of bass, electric guitar, and tambourine that is both sparse and ethereal simultaneously.

Although short and admittedly random in their aesthetics & fidelity, the tracks of “Village Brethren” represent a unique sliver of the friendship between DAS and Deserter, and we’re sad to say this is the last Deserter material in existence. However! We’re ecstatic to finally put to use a packaging idea we’ve been saving up for almost 7 years. Each copy of “Village Brethren” is essentially a limited edition of 1 out of 2, as they’re made from the pockets of vintage western-style pearl snap shirts, of which each only had 2 pockets.

- Auris Apothecary


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released August 27, 2018

I : Organic Inspiration

Recorded November 20th, 2008 CE
at the Hellion Manor in Bloomington, IN

Deserter : Guitar
Dante Augustus Scarlatti : Organ

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II : Cold Cemetary Mourning

Recorded Spring 2010 CE
in Bloomington and Guilford, IN

Deserter : Piano
Dante Augustus Scarlatti : Guitar + 1/4” Tape Reels

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III : Redemption

Recorded Spring 2010 CE
at the House on Dodds Street in Bloomington, IN

Deserter : Bass + Tambourine
Dante Augustus Scarlatti : Guitar

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