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HALF MAKESHIFT - L'ANSE AMORT CD	$12		$16

Half Makeshift is the solo project of Maryland's Nathan Michael. The first release under the Half Makeshift moniker, Aphotic Leech, released by Utech Records, was a single expansive track of strained piano, ominous war drums and subterranean guitar noise described by Brainwashed as "nothing short of massive" and "an entire world of sound with viscerally effective moments." L'anse Amort contains four tracks that expand on Aphotic Leech's density, creating more space and reflection, more peaks and valleys. The monumental 17 minute opener "Whale Heart" builds from a simple melody and crackling electro-static to eventually collapse under its own weight in a huge Nadja-esque wall of drone riffery. Tracks like "Oblivion" and the title track recall the vast landscapes of Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore and even Radiohead at their most adventurous. Different from anything previously released by 20 Buck Spin, L'anse Amort is epic in a way most "post-rock" bands can only aspire to. Comes specially packaged in a vertical gatefold with four photographic postcards.

HALF MAKESHIFT - OMEN CD

After last year's L'anse Amort stunner on 20 Buck Spin, Half Makeshift is back with its final release Omen. “Omen” is a devastating observation of formidable experimental ambient drone-like subtle mastery. With moments that reminisce with such like-minded acts as NADJA, SUNN 0))), GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR, and A SILVER MOUNT ZION, “Omen” is an opus of dense and flowing sonic terrain where cinematic sound visions create vast, desperate, and devastating scenarios, almost serving its purpose like a desperate doomsday soundtrack. From such scenarios as a blissful jaunt amongst a great ocean or a vast open field, to such disturbing yet picturesque scenarios where crumbling destructive frequencies envision skyscrapers falling and crumbling into the sea or an enormous tide crashing down onto civilization.

HALF MAKESHIFT - APHOTIC LEECH CD

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Aphotic Leech is the first movement in a series of ever changing modes which make up what Half Makeshift has slowly become. A bath of heavy drone and bitter piano chords strewn over top of subtle glitch work and manipulated percussion, Aphotic Leech trades malice for despair and shuns any probable hope. Created in November of 2006 from austere piano pieces, string fragments, a live percussion specimen and other various arrangements, this piece grew to be much larger than originally intended through a series of long manipulation and thought processes. It engulfs the body in a thick black sludge only to dissipate at once, become a reborn substance and finally drain itself leaving a small fragment lingering after it expires.

HALF MAKESHIFT - FINAL CD

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Another limited CD-R from Nathan Michael's Half Makeshift whose L'Anse Amort full length was released on 20 Buck Spin earlier in 2007. This new disc from Half Makeshift/Nathan Michael will serve as a bridge of sorts between his new release on 20BuckSpin and the new material he is working on for an upcoming release. Final’s deconstructed guitar and dark piano melodies provide the soundtrack to the quiet after the storm. Numbered edition of 151 split between two versions featuring different paper stocks and front cover images.

Listen to samples:

Whale Heart (edit)(6MB)