Cupol - Kluba Cupol
#ilove4ad [A sonic journey through the catalogs that ignited my imagination]
Like every good catalog that respects itself, the one from 4AD is adorned with solitary gems, bands that released only a single or one LP before vanishing into thin air. Among these is Cupol. In reality, they are a side project of Dome, who released four albums in three years (80/82), but they too operated under the radar, far from the spotlight and glossy magazines. The Cupol project was born and died with an EP of just two tracks, where the b-side "Kluba Cupol" is a delightful suite of over 20 minutes. Often, I find myself doing the same, flipping through music catalogs we tend to overlook this type of production, but Kluba Cupol represents a good reason to pause and pay more attention. Experimentation and tribalism merge into an obsessive, primordial rhythm, a hypnotic orgy of sounds, decidedly atypical for the editorial line of 4AD at that time. The foundations of ambient ritual were born right in that period, also thanks to hidden little gems like this EP.