Various Artists - Celebrating The Bat Chapter 1: Darkness Falls
Released: April 2 Bats are interesting creatures that hold a certain place in the collective human mind. They occupy a space that evokes wonder, fear, amazement, and avoidance. For its second compilation of the year, Dustopian Frequencies has put together an epic and amazing compilation of tracks dedicated to the reality and myths of these creatures. And to that end, it is a sprawling compilation with twenty-two artists contributing their interpretations on the theme, some of which learn into the scientific while others lean heavily into the mythological. The compilation is opened up with the latter as Giants of Discovery brings us a dark and haunting piece based on the myth of the Yamachichi, a spirit from Japanese folklore that steals the breath of its sleeping victims and takes the form of a bat. Other contributors take a more ground approach to the theme while experimenting heavily in sound. Moston Priory’s take is in this vein with a slightly glitchy and rhythmically d...
