Retribution Body (Matthew Azevedo) presents the immense work "Baphomet"; visceral sturm und drang, utterly enveloping drone, and infrasonic frisson.

Drawing a direct line between the acoustic sensibilities of Pauline Oliveros (with whom Azevedo studied in 2010), and the earth shattering sonics of doom titans SUNN O))), the focus of the Retribution Body is centered on the behaviour of physical sound in space, combining eurorack synthesis with a custom backline amplification rig dubbed the "Siege Tower". This behemoth system is capable of putting out a clean 117dB sine wave at 20Hz and thus far has proven indestructible.

"Baphomet" though is an expressly listening-focused work. Working with the Methuen Memorial Music Hall's 160 year old Great Organ, replete with 85 stops, 6,088 pipes and a frequency range that extends down to 16Hz, and the hall’s natural four-second reverberation was the spark for the birthplace of "Baphomet".

During the whittling down of a raw mass of sonic material into a coherent whole, they kept returning to the image of Baphomet, the idol of the Knights Templar's heretical mystery religion. Often misappropriated as a symbol of Satan, Baphomet's true nature is one of universal duality - human / animal, male / female, light / dark, above / below. Here sound / vibration, acoustic / electric, loud / inaudible culminates in the pairing of modern electronic synthesizer and the Memorial Music Hall's Great Organ. A fitting symbol for this monumental work.

Ltd x 200 copies in a gatefold digisleeve with photo booklet.