Psychic Sounds presents Medicine Stunts, the long-awaited first vinyl pressing of haunting atmospheric meditations of Aaron Dilloway's most foreboding ambient works. Originally released by Lal Lal Lal in 2014, these atmospheric practices and mysterious meditations receive their first proper mastering and wax pressing, revealing new depths in the Wolf Eyes founder's exploration of shadowed sound territories. Recorded across 2009 and 2014 using an arsenal of unconventional instruments - tapes, jugs, whistles, wheels, horns, and various pieces of junk - Medicine Stunts represents Dilloway's most sustained investigation into ambient dread. Two sprawling sides document his mastery of atmospheric tension, creating soundscapes that inhabit the liminal space between industrial decay and organic mystery.
"Stunt 1" opens with glacial industrial factory mesmerization, its sparse textures evoking the beloved David Lynch and Alan Splet soundtrack to Eraserhead. Dilloway's meticulous tape manipulations glide into glass harmonic chamber echoes, calling forth the spirited reverberations of crystallophone and Aeolian harp. These frequencies recall Coil's experimental investigations with the legendary Soviet-era ANS photoelectric synthesizer, while distant alien cooings emerge along glassy seams, accompanied by slow pumping mechanical rhythms and minimal creature calls reminiscent of Folkways field recordings.
The flipside brings "Stunts 2 & 3," where gurgling metallic textures warble through unknown territories, gently wading into pulsating pumps and mysterious squeals. The atmosphere evokes the crackling soundtrack of a regional spook house attraction bleeding through a damaged sound system. A suspenseful finale offers an unsettling whistle in an abandoned Morricone ghost town - a haunted hallway of reflected recourse through contemporary American anxieties.
