Black Merlin

2017 repress. Lovely faux-gamelan and homemade ethnodelic fantasies from London based artist Black Merlin, an hypnotic journey through Indonesia birthed from raw field recordings captured in Bali and it’s surrounding islands and land's of Indonesia. A soundscape album of field recording's and a modern interpretation of the island's ancient sounds - from the old world musicians of Bali. The front cover features Ketut, Ubudian Gamelan master who plays on the record. The first in a series of ‘Island Explorer’ LPs from Dan Mitchell
Black Merlin ventured to the wild lands of Indonesia. Exploring Bali and the neighboring islands. Working closely with the old world musicians and sounds of the magical Bali. Recording Gamelan, Gong, Bamboo and a number of field recordings from around the island. Jungles, sea, island wildlife and everything in between were recorded, capturing the atmosphere of the Islands.
The raw recordings were then taken back to his studio in London, where he crafted the recordings; re interpreting them into a full Lp. Taking on a soundscape and hypnotic sound, which embodies the spirit of Indonesia through his own vision. A tropical Voyage captured on the beautiful LP.