DEAD VOICES ON AIR - "Michael and the Angels Fought"

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Michael and the Angels Fought is five tracks that continue to develop the sonic fingerprint that is Dead Voices On Air, but at this rate we've lost count of how many hands DVOA's Mark Spybey must have because the sonic toolkit from which Mark pulls is bottomless. This may be DVOA's most collaborative release to date which has allowed Mark to absorb, process and
assemble the aural puzzlebox into a more quiet and reflective experience. DVOA recordings have always worked best taken as a collective whole and Michael and the Angels Fought surprises and delights your careful attention like all Dead Voices On Air recordings that have come before.

Michael and the Angels Fought is the third Dead Voices On Air album in as many years for Lens Records. Spybey is known for his primitive approach to music making. He views himself as a non-musician but his work has incorporated song structures, real instruments, collaborations with film-makers and increasingly, contributions from musicians from around the world. Whereas early albums were recorded from improvisations using his collection of ethnic instruments and children's toys, later works have increasingly become studio focussed, relying heavily on the editing process. Michael and the Angels Fought features contributions from the American-Serbian singer Ivana Salipur, from the British cellist Bela Emerson, the Portland, Oregon throat-singer Soriah, the French auteur, Philippe Petit, the Toronto based electronic musician, Michael Morton (Displacer), the Massachusetts based guitarist Michael Page (Sky Burial), the keyboards of Lori Cole from Utah and cameos from Robin Storey (Rapoon) and Jared Louche (Chemlab).

MARK SPYBEY has worked under the name of Dead Voices On Air (DVOA) for twenty years, following his departure from Zoviet-France. He's released 15 albums and collaborated with an
impressive list of people, including members of Can, Faust, Throbbing Gristle, Swans and others. Mark was part of the band Download with members of Skinny Puppy and works with
Robin Storey (Rapoon, Zoviet-France) under the name Reformed Faction; with Simon Fisher Turner as MzMz LaLaLa and Phil Western (Download) as Beehatch. He's currently working
with Main, Sky Burial, Orbit Service and a host of collaborators such as Edward Kaspel, Robert Hampson, Simon Fisher Turner, Troum, Jochen Arbeit, James Plotkin and others on a series of joint seven inch singles for Tourette Records celebrating the 20th anniversary of Dead Voices On Air.