alkahest spectrale

by Sun Thief

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1.	neptun interfld 09:37	buy track
2.	partial interstc 09:20	buy track
3.	azoth triune 09:25	buy track
4.	radionic hydra0n 11:30	buy track
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In alchemical studies, the Alkahest is the "universal solvent" the acid beyond all acids, which can dissolve anything. It corresponds to the "solutio" phase - by which the psyche or matter in question dissolves and enters a liquid carrier state.

Which begs the question - how can a universal solvent, something which can dissolve anything, ever possibly be contained? In fact, I would like to suggest that only in dissolving its own container does the alkahest begin to do it's work, breaking all things down and transmuting them. As Edward Edinger says in Anatomy of the Psyche, "often Solutio is expressed not as containment, but rather as fragmentation and dismemberment."

The spectre is the result of the dis-solution of the container and its surrounding matter. The spectre emerges as what was formerly hidden, now openly haunted.

I would like to think visionary artist Jesse Peper for listening to my vision and portraying it so directly in the album art. I am truly stunned by this portrayal.

Equipment, in order of frequency used:

Arturia ACID V, Reaktor 6 (running ToyBox and EuroReakt block expansions), ASM Hydrasynth, Newfangled Audio Generate, Arturia MiniBrute 2, Newfangled Audio Elevate, Eventide Clockworks + Anthology, Arturia FX Collection 4, Arturia Pigments, Arturia Buchla Easel V, Korg ER-1, Behringer Pro-800, Behringer Pro-1, Arturia MiniFreak V, plugdata

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released December 31, 2023

programming ,performance, production, mix, mastering - Adam Wetterhan // Sun Thief @ Desert Citadel Recordings, August - December 2023.

album artwork by the inimitable and intuitive Jesse Peper -
www.jesse-peper.org
Bandcamp: Raphael (Tuscon, AZ)

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Sun Thief Phoenix, Arizona

Industrial new age devotional noise - rooted up from the pastoral fields of Ohio to the sun blasted mountains of Arizona, desert citadel recordings.

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