Architeuthis Rex

Stilbon is Dead

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1.	Copper Light 05:59
2.	Oikoumene 08:40
3.	Almagest 07:13	info
4.	Fallen 05:25
5.	Atol 08:15
6.	Stilbon 08:14

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The album has been largerly inspired by Ancient Greek mythology and by some aspects of Planet Mercury.
Greeks could see Mercury in the morning and at dusk. In the 8th century B.C. they thought it was two different planets, and gave it two names: Stilbon, "the gleaming", as the Morning Star and Hermaon, the Evening Star.
Lately they realized that Stilbon and Hermaon were the same planet and called it Hermes, the Greek name for Planet Mercury.

Alchemy and sci-fi have always been a major interest to Architeuthis Rex and this album is a way to connect James Ballard with Pythagoras, Ursula K. Le Guin with Robert Fludd, all encompassed in an overflowing, gloomy and sparkly present.

In this way the collaboration with Terence Hannum, who provided vocals for "Almagest" and Christopher Colville, who worked on the album front and back cover images, raised up spontaneously.
Terence has longer been investigating the pair splendour/decay in both his band Locrian and his visual projects.
(www.terencehannum.com)

Christopher has deeply explored the relationship between nothingness and light, creation and destruction in his “Works of Fire” series which
"Stilbon is Dead" images are very close.
(christophercolville.com)

Label: Midira Records
(www.midirarecords.com)
Catalog Number: Md 023
Format: Swamp Green Lp 12” limited to 300 copies
Digital Version comes with an extra track.

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released May 20, 2016

Architeuthis Rex are Antonio Gallucci, Francesca Marongiu and Francesco Gregoretti.

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Architeuthis Rex. Leviathan. King. Magnificent sea dweller and haunter of the dreams of Antonio Gallucci and Francesca Marongiu.

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