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1.
Unbolt 01:23
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2.
The Shape of Archetypes to Come 10:59
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3.
Blossoming Rot 04:42
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4.
Malphunk 07:12
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5.
At the Portal 05:15
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6.
An Immersive Leakage 01:22
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7.
Ensuing Antecedents 03:27
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George and Dharma have been active in the Singapore underground music scene since the early 90s. Although having admired each other’s work through the years, Portal marks their first collaboration which was recorded live in 2016 at a practice studio in preparation for their debut gig. With some editing and overdubs (tracks 3, 5 and 7), George on modular synth and Dharma on prepared and conventional guitar whip and churn up a sonic experience that invites one to a world beyond a derelict portal that holds the gateway to submerged archetypes, future antecedents and possibly, transcendence. 

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released April 19, 2022

Recorded by Rong Zhao at Black Axis Singapore, 2016.
Overdubs on tracks 3, 5 and 7 recorded in 2021
Mastered by Victor Low at Affixen.
Cover image of Andreas Gehlen's 'Muddy Moves, Ebertplatz, Cologne', by Philip Aldrup.
Art direction and design by Yuen Chee Wai.
Dharma: electric guitar, Efx,and objects.
George Chua: Modular synth.

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Ramble Records is an Independent record label based in Melbourne, Australia specialising in under-represented outsider music: guitar music, exp electro, acid/avant folk, psych, no wave, post-punk, free / spiritual jazz, Indian classical, Middle Eastern, and avant-garde sounds from around the globe. ... more

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