Deep Frieze
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Overview
The album is described as "Ultra deep, glacial Dark Ambient, based around Antarctic co-ordinates" on the website of the record label, Cold SpringCold Spring (label)
Cold Spring is an independent record label based in Northamptonshire, England, specialising in "all forms of extreme media, but particularly: black/dark Ambient, Neo-classical/Neo-folk, Orchestral, Power Electronics/Noise, Japanese Noise, Minimal, Death Industrial, Dark Soundtracks, Experimental,...
. Each of the five tracks is associated with a particular location in Antarctica.
The album's tagline is printed inside the CD booklet:
- ...there is a certain comforting warmth in the encroaching slumber of hypothermia
The album cover shown on this page is an early draft. On the finished cover, the artist name is printed as SleepResearchFacility instead of sleep research facility, the album name is printed as Deep_Frieze instead of DEEP FRIEZE, and the text follows the curved lines on the map.
History
The concept of the album was first mentioned in the interview with Ortus Obscurum, sometime between 2001 and 2003:- Having recently watched a documentary about remote weather stations on the Antarctic continent I've been working with a lot of expansive "frosty" textures - the words "Deep Frieze" keep popping into my head as a potential working title.
In June 2003, early mixes of three of the album tracks were made available as MP3s on the Audio Project Archive page of the official website (these are still available – see Free audio below).
The album was mentioned again in the Foreshadow Magazine interview in September 2004, and at that time, the expected release date was the beginning of 2005. Kevin Doherty, the single band member of SleepResearch_Facility, described his inspiration behind the album in the Cold Spring Supplement interview in January 2007.
Track listing
| Track | Name | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "79ºS 83ºW" | 13:34 |
| 2 (*) | "72ºS 49ºE" | 11:48 |
| 3 | "82ºS 62ºE" | 11:12 |
| 4 | "86ºS 115ºW" | 10:51 |
| 5 | "80ºS 96ºE" | 11:04 |
Response
Steve Roach has described the album as "Outstanding dark ambient", and the majority of reviews have been very positive. The album has been reviewed on many websites and blogs, including Chain DLK, EARLabs, Filth Forge, Gothtronic, Heathen Harvest, Invisible Oranges, JudasKiss, Lunar Hypnosis, Musique Machine, Shadowplay, Side-Line, Sonic Immersion, Sound is Audible Time, Vital Weekly and WHITE_LINE. Cold Spring has compiled a collection of reviews of the album.Free audio
An 8-minute edit of "79ºS 83ºW" is available on the official SR_F page on MySpace.An 80-second sample of "79ºS 83ºW" is available from the Cold Spring website.
Early mixes of "79ºS 83ºW", "82ºS 62ºE" and "80ºS 96ºE" are available on the official website (even though the Audio Project Archive page which linked to them has now been deleted).