Tightope Walker by Barstool Mountain
Barstool Mountain returns to Absurd Exposition after the well-regarded "III" CD from 2022. On "Tightrope Walker", the project's debut LP, Mattias Gustafsson continues his "harried, frazzled, grizzled" experiments in tape mangling with his Altar of Flies alter-ego. The album furthers the buildings-crumbling barrage of "III", leaving just enough room to realize that the walls are coming down hard.
Standard edition: 315 copies on black vinyl, black and white screen printed covers, full colour labels.
Limited edition [only available through screamandwrithe.com ]: 15 copies on black vinyl, black and white screen printed covers, full colour labels, cassette tapes affixed to covers with jute twine.
Test pressing edition [sold out at Initial Shock]: 5 copies on black vinyl, black and white screen printed covers, full colour labels, cassette tapes affixed to covers with brass wire, numbered full-colour inserts.
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released July 7, 2023
Recorded to tape 2022 by Mattias Gustafsson
Mastered by Pentti Dassum
Layout by Taylor Geddes
Screen Printing by Matt Strong (The Total End)
Absurd Exposition AE77
2023
Tracklist
| 1. | Without A Safety Net | 7:07 |
| 2. | Raw Power | 4:14 |
| 3. | Cigarette Burns | 6:43 |
| 4. | Forget How It Used To Be | 4:40 |
| 5. | One More Round | 4:41 |
| 6. | Motstånd | 5:02 |
| 7. | Tightrope Walker | 3:42 |
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Mattias Gustafsson (born 1978) is a sound artist from Mjölby, Sweden that has been releasing music as Altar Of Flies and his given name since 2006. He mostly works with magnetic tape and various instruments & electronics. His music is influenced by the electroacoustic music of the 1900´s and the millennium noise underground. He has released records on labels like iDEAL,B.A.A.D.M., Järtecknet etc.