Psychogeography [Cream/Black Marble Vinyl of 300 2LP]

Ivan The Tolerable - Psychogeography [Cream/Black Marble Vinyl of 300 2LP]

Limited 300 only double vinyl set pressed on cream/black marble vinyl, housed in a wide spined color sleeve, with polylined inners, plastic outer and hype sticker. A sprawling, meditative journey into inner and outer space, the new double album from Ivan The Tolerable sees Oli Heffernan retreat fully into the solo realm -- crafting an expansive sonic world that feels both intimate and cosmic in scope. Recorded entirely alone and released via Riot Season, this latest work drifts away from structured forms and toward something more fluid, exploratory, and transcendent. Drawing on the devotional atmospheres of early ambient pioneers and the hypnotic pulse of kosmische music, the album unfolds as a series of slowly shifting soundscapes -- analog synths breathing in long, patient waves, tape loops dissolving into shimmering drones, and melodies that seem to emerge from nowhere before gently receding again. There are echoes of ritual, of vast landscapes, of time stretching and folding in on itself. Across its two discs, Heffernan embraces a deeply immersive approach -- less concerned with destination than with the act of drifting itself. It's music that invites stillness and surrender, equally suited to deep listening or quiet disconnection from the noise of the everyday. Unbound by ge(more...)

01. Mantra
02. The Destroying Fire
03. Biphasic
04. Anaesthetic
05. The Devils
06. Liberation
07. The First Bardo
08. White Grass
09. Luminous
10. Epigram
11. For Grace
12. Self-Transcendence