Mirror "Visiting Star" LP (Christoph Heemann, Andrew Chalk) #21 of 251 copies
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Baron Elmo proudly presents a stunning work of aural driftage from the duo of experimental music titans Andrew Chalk and Christoph Heemann, aka MIRROR: Visiting Star, a very limited vinyl LP issued in a handmade cover in 2000 by the Three Poplars label in an edition of 251 numbered copies, each with a unique piece of artwork affixed to its cover. Mirror's considerable body of work – mostly released in tiny vinyl editions like this album – is perhaps the definitive body of ambient soundscapery to grace our ears since Brian Eno coined the genre in the mid-Seventies. The gorgeous, head-filling drones of Chalk and Heemann unfold like dark, barely-glimpsed flowers… the somber beauty of the music transforming the space it inhabits, as if the record were playing you. These sounds, however, are light years removed from the flaccid dribble of New Age; indeed, Mirror's work refuses to fade into the wallpaper or function as mere background noise. The book will perch unread on your lap, the feather duster will fall from your fingers as you listen, enthralled. This is rapturous, contemplative stuff that will floor devotees of ambient and experimental music. As you might guess, the 251 copies of Visiting Star sold out in a matter of days. The record comes in a black sleeve with a gorgeous screened 13-inch paper strip – no two exactly alike – pasted around the left hand side of the cover. The back cover bears the band name and album title, and is hand-numbered as copy #21. This record is in superb, near-mint condition.
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