CASS / TERENCE HANNUM. Impiety
CASS / TERENCE HANNUM. Impiety
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Terence Hannum — Impiety
CASETTE + DIGITAL
Release March 2017
USA
Terence Hannum is a musician and visual artist from Baltimore. Focusing almost exclusively on manipulations of his own voice, Hannum describes "Impiety" as "impious sacred music." Drawing references from gospel music and Georgia's polyphonic singing traditions, Hannum's voice overlaps and clashes with itself in a profane blend of man and machine, floating over minimal synthetic pulses generated by his Elektron Analog Keys. Related to eschatological concepts in religion, the ultimate fate, and the judgment of the soul, these four surprisingly beautiful compositions are wrapped in an almost mystical power while rejecting the blindness of faith. In "Impiety," Hannum has created his own rite of desecration, turning choral music into an act of supreme sacrilege. Terence Hannum is the second member of Locrian to join Umor Rex's catalog, following drummer Steven Hess's collaboration with Rutger Zuydervelt (Machinefabriek) last year.
Recorded by Terence Hannum (voice and Elektron Analog Keys) at Wainscot Caverns / Baltimore, MD. Mastered by Felix-Florian Tödtloff at Ætherweight in Berlin. Photos and artwork by Daniel Castrejón.
TRACKLIST / 27 min
01 Further Desecrations
02 The Final Myth
03 Impiety
04 Supreme Sacrilege
UMOR REX is a window with a unique vision towards experimental music. It is a label worth discovering through the ear, both for electronic music lovers and for those curious to explore new forms of artistic expression.
Founded in 2006 in Mexico City, UMOR REX is an independent record label whose challenging and experimental catalog, in vinyl and cassette format, spans from ambient to electronic experimentation, dub, and avant-garde. They publish the work of artists constantly exploring new sound territories, such as Felicia Atkinson, Driftmachine, Rafael Anton Irisarri, Gudrun Gut, Siavash Amini, among many others.
