{"product_id":"progression","title":"Progression","description":"Chord's name, and the titles of their tracks -- \"EbMaj9 (descent),\" \"Gm11 (delagic),\" \"d6 (codal)\" -- give away their modus operandi. Each of their pieces is based around a single chord, with each of the group's five members tackling a single note and droning away at it so that collectively the chord is completed. It's probably very interesting for the players to think about this stuff, in a higher-mathematics sort of way, but what effect does the music have on the listener? Well, much of it is quite beautiful; \"EbMaj9 (descent),\" which opens the disc, is nearly nine minutes of piano and what sounds like bass clarinet but could well be a guitar, droning and humming and generally inducing lucid dreams in the listener. The second track, \"Gm11 (pelagic),\" is the CD's centerpiece, a 40-minute soundscape that sounds to the untrained ear like something by Main, or \"Pure II,\" the 22-minute track that closed Godflesh's best album, 1992's Pure. It builds slowly, with elements waxing and waning and noises looping and reaching something like a crescendo before receding in favor of a slightly different sound. In its final five minutes, it becomes a huge, almost industrial roar. This sets the stage perfectly for \"D6 (codal),\" a five-minute piece for acoustic guitar and drones that ends the CD on a meditative, calming note (or chord). [Note: the LP and CD versions contain different tracks. According to the artist and label, they're meant to be played concurrently, so that the music can cycle through a total of six chords, all of which add up to a single epic work.] ~ Phil Freeman","brand":"InnerSleeve","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41907309969573,"sku":"793447531618","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/6007\/1077\/files\/f566e71653e3765d4ff3609aa6a145ec.jpg?v=1777758128","url":"https:\/\/www.innersleeve.com\/products\/progression","provider":"InnerSleeve","version":"1.0","type":"link"}