Name: Fertile
Brand: Stearica

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2015-03-10

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Signed copies: No

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5065002002877

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2 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

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Stearica

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Monotreme

Monotreme Records is an independent label based in London, UK. Founded in 2002 by Kim Harrison-Lavoie, the label has established itself as a prominent force in the music industry. With a diverse roster of talented artists, Monotreme has consistently delivered groundbreaking and innovative music to its listeners.

At Monotreme, we pride ourselves on our commitment to supporting and nurturing emerging talent. Our team works closely with *artists* to help them develop their unique sound and reach their full potential. We believe in giving our *performers* creative freedom while providing them with the resources they need to succeed.

With a focus on alternative and experimental genres, Monotreme offers a refreshing alternative to mainstream music. Our catalog includes an eclectic mix of styles ranging from post-rock and shoegaze to electronic and indie folk. Whether you're a fan of atmospheric soundscapes or catchy pop hooks, there's something for everyone at Monotreme Records.

Torino-based instrumental trio's powerful, adventurous second album, inspired by the squares of the Arab Spring, features guests Scott McCloud (Girls Against Boys), Colin Stetson (Tom Waits, Arcade Fire, Bon Iver) and Ryan Patterson (Coliseum). Over the past decade, instrumental trio STEARICA (Torino, Italy) have gained a cult following in the independent music underground, touring and performing live with the likes of Girls Against Boys, NoMeansNo, Dälek, Tarentel, Damo Suzuki, Coliseum, and forming the Acid Mothers Temple and Stearica Orchestra, which recorded a full-length album together. The key to STEARICA's success is their powerful and adventurous sound, which is geometrical yet visceral: so intense that there is no need for words - much like "The Scream" by Edvard Munch. STEARICA's second album, Fertile, will be released during Spring, the season of renewal and fertility in many parts of the world including the historical region known as 'The 'Fertile Crescent', the birthplace of some of the earliest human civilizations, and also the scene of the revolutionary political uprisings that swept across the Middle East known as the 'Arab Spring'. Both the concept of 'fertile' as 'life-giving' and the revolutionary impulses of the Arab Spring and the Indignants protests in Barcelona provided inspiration for this latest work from STEARICA, Examples of this fertility are also seen in the artistic collaborations with the musicians who contributed in different ways to the gestation of the album: fellow travellers of the independent international underground, including Scott McCloud of Girls Against Boys, who provided the vocals for 'AMREEKA', Ryan Patterson of Coliseum (vocals on 'NUR') and groundbreaking saxophonist Colin Stetson (brass orchestration on 'SHĀH MĀT'). Produced by band member Francesco Carlucci, Fertile captures the primordial nature of the sound that the trio creates in their dynamic live performances. At times brutal, chaotic, mysterious, tranquil; Fertile is music born of our time: instinctively revolutionary. 180 gm double gatefold edition of 500 with a free poster and album CD included inside: 300 copies on red and black vinyl and 200 copies on black vinyl. All vinyl copies include a free album CD in a printed card wallet.

Fertile

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