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Born in the dense heat of New Orleans, Louisiana, Belong is a collaborative effort between Turk Dietrich and Michael Jones, whose debut album, October Language, goes beyond traditional song structure to a place where melodic figures blur, and textures are gorgeously sculpted into an ocean of sound. Belong began on the WestBank of New Orleans in 2002, but it was not until 2004 that October Language was made. The album was assembled, composed, and produced in Dietrich’s bedroom studio; however, the inspiration for the songs goes well beyond the walls. The album encapsulates their hometown of New Orleans, at once bathed in sunlight and colors, yet dripping in decay and a rich sadness. It is a record that attempts to display the beauty in things that are worn, decayed or destroyed.

Following in the tradition of bands like My Bloody Valentine and Gas, guitars, synths and other musical sources are wrenched from their typical tones, revealing themselves in bright shards of distortion. Melodies are similarly enveloped in a sort of aural atrophy, forever repeating their blurring calls. At the end, all that remains is a noise so potent it leaves the sonic equivalent of the sun’s imprint on a retina.

Turk Dietrich has previously collaborated with Telefon Tel Aviv’s Joshua Eustis under the name Benelli, whose remix of Nine Inch Nails’ “The Frail (version)” is found on the acclaimed NIN EP Things Falling Apart. Eustis played a small part in the production of October Language, in addition to playing slide guitar on the album’s title track.

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IcarusB wrote:
27 days ago

There is no 'first'. Evolution is by its nature plagiarism. We all borrow and reassemble the past on our own terms. ;) Love what you love and cherish your idiosyncratic critical response to every experience. La la la - do-wap diddly - diddle de dum

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rodanside wrote:
November 2009

Loops for Hurricane Katrina

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meld0n wrote:
November 2009

lol @ hipster kids. This music isn't drone or shoegaze. It is ambient music, Pure and simple. And Belong are far from the first (or best) artist to to do this style, although there's definitely nothing wrong with their music. It's good.

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Mr_Beast wrote:
November 2009

I feel like I belong.

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Sleperr wrote:
November 2009

@jabrailove, you guys are hipsters. "shoegaze drone" hahaha!

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foolonahill235 wrote:
November 2009

great textures

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madeasnack wrote:
November 2009

Yeah october language is pretty awesome. I had it for like a year before i listened to it and dug it hard. But yeah this is definitely the business, really awesome stuff. It's like a sort of river of light and static in outer space. Images. Wild swirly images.

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arviiin wrote:
November 2009

http://www.last.fm/music/Arvin+H.Kamal/This+Horrible+Creature%2C+Human%21

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penguinhuddle wrote:
November 2009

i'm liking this.

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spilled_milk wrote:
November 2009

very loud, powerful, emotionally draining drone.

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TheShadowstorm wrote:
November 2009

I will die knowing that October Language is one of the best albums ever recorded.

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THee-BeAtNiK wrote:
October 2009

Love.

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Ilfed_Sikofit wrote:
October 2009

"I never lose. Never really" is probably one of my five favorite tracks of all time

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agrophobia wrote:
October 2009

dark-drone

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Buksemannen wrote:
October 2009

Very very good

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agrophobia wrote:
October 2009

amazing

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Karppaky wrote:
September 2009

Same places (slow version) is godly, mmm

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matcrews wrote:
September 2009

just discovered "same places" (slow version) = pure awesomeness o_O

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Caspiannnnn wrote:
September 2009

Hecker sort of edges this out, I think. "remove the inside" is an absolute classic track, btu October Language lacks the complexity and overall coolness of Harmony in Ultraviolet. Doesn't have Rainbow Blood/Blood Rainbow either. Still an amazing band, though; terrific sounds.

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radekkkkkkk wrote:
September 2009

good

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