The Transactional Dharma of Roj
Roj
| Available Formats | No. of Tracks | Price | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD Album | 24 tracks | £10.95 | ||
| Download Album (mp3) | 24 tracks | £7.99 | ||
| Download Album (flac) | 24 tracks | £7.99 | ||
| Download individual tracks | from £0.99 | |||
Description
Roj - The Transactional Dharma of Roj
Ghost Box is very excited to release what we believe to be one of the most original and unique albums of electronic music for many years. The Transactional Dharma is a haunting and immersive experience. The album has an academic rigour but it also channels the wild eyed outsiders of the genre, like Angus Maclise or Bruce Haack but with an oddly British twist.
Reviews
As Broadcast’s original keyboardist, Roj Stevens picked up a thing or two about weird audio, and this solo release transforms vintage meditational Library Music into an aural Wonderland of mysterious Germanic voices, glinting ambience and atavistic rhythm science. "Yellow Peel" and "Go Without Me" throb with Hare Krishna hand-drums and hypnotic tom-tom pressure, soaked in the washing-machine reverb of early concrete music. "A Beginning Word" even displays Suicide-al tendencies. This "hauntological" sound is something you either buy into or reject wholesale, but Roj’s psychic journey is among the most listenable examples so far.
UNCUT
The Boost Box label continues along its unique trajectory, blurring the gauzy lines of separation between past, present and future. This debut from ex Broadcast member, Roj, is typical of a roster whose hallmark is the re-conceptualisation of past echoes, seeking to transform them into blurry mythical tapestries of a fantastical, though failed, future. The Transactional Dharma is populated by burbling electronics and bizarre sonic tributaries, but unlike, say, the work of some of the imprint's other acts, the mode here is often less playful. Cashing in the cosy retro-futurism of groups such as Plone and, indeed, Broadcast for a more academic approach.
It’s easy to interpret many of the pieces here as a process or (re-)discoyery, in the vein of the BBC Radiophonic Workshops groundbreaking audio work. By stealing the clothes of such sonic pioneers, Roj could be attempting to show that there’s nothing new under the sun. Or maybe he simply wants us to cast our minds back for a better tomorrow?
RECORD COLLECTOR
...you know what, it's excellent -- totally Ghostbox-aligned yet completely distinctive as a musical voice, ... such an intricate eerieness to the production.
Simon Reynolds,
BLISSBLOG
Tracklisting
CD Album (GBX012)
- Roj - Meditation on nothingness
- Roj - Yellow Peel
- Roj - Your turn
- Roj - Transcommunication
- Roj - Morning Break
- Roj - Bongo Workout
- Roj - The Process Revealed
- Roj - Clear Channels
- Roj - A Beginning Word
- Roj - Sighting in Corridor 12
- Roj - Go Without Me
- Roj - Mountain Tone
- Roj - They are in the room with us right now.
- Roj - Inhale. Exhale. Love!
- Roj - Intermission exercise
- Roj - Attaining the Third State
- Roj - Brain Sync
- Roj - The Gamelan Threshold
- Roj - Trance and Bilocation
- Roj - modified apparatus test
- Roj - "Now you're chanelling the real thing"
- Roj - Rejoice ! He is here
- Roj - Attainment of the Final Key
- Roj - What I saw
Download Album (GBX012D)
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Roj - Meditation on nothingness
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Roj - Yellow Peel
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Roj - Your turn
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Roj - Transcommunication
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Roj - Morning Break
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Roj - Bongo Workout
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Roj - The Process Revealed
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Roj - Clear Channels
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Roj - A Beginning Word
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Roj - Sighting in Corridor 12
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Roj - Go Without Me
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Roj - Mountain Tone
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Roj - They are in the room with us right now.
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Roj - Inhale. Exhale. Love!
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Roj - Intermission exercise
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Roj - Attaining the Third State
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Roj - Brain Sync
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Roj - The Gamelan Threshold
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Roj - Trance and Bilocation
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Roj - modified apparatus test
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Roj - "Now you're chanelling the real thing"
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Roj - Rejoice ! He is here
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Roj - Attainment of the Final Key
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Roj - What I saw
mp3 downloads
Downloads
| Track Number | Listen | Track Name | Track Length | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meditation on nothingness | 3m 4s | £0.99 | ||
| 2 | Yellow Peel | 2m 4s | £0.99 | ||
| 3 | Your turn | 42s | £0.99 | ||
| 4 | Transcommunication | 1m 17s | £0.99 | ||
| 5 | Morning Break | 48s | £0.99 | ||
| 6 | Bongo Workout | 1m 34s | £0.99 | ||
| 7 | The Process Revealed | 1m 6s | £0.99 | ||
| 8 | Clear Channels | 42s | £0.99 | ||
| 9 | A Beginning Word | 2m 14s | £0.99 | ||
| 10 | Sighting in Corridor 12 | 1m 21s | £0.99 | ||
| 11 | Go Without Me | 1m 27s | £0.99 | ||
| 12 | Mountain Tone | 25s | £0.99 | ||
| 13 | They are in the room with us right now. | 2m 7s | £0.99 | ||
| 14 | Inhale. Exhale. Love! | 3m 16s | £0.99 | ||
| 15 | Intermission exercise | 1m 22s | £0.99 | ||
| 16 | Attaining the Third State | 1m 25s | £0.99 | ||
| 17 | Brain Sync | 3m 54s | £0.99 | ||
| 18 | The Gamelan Threshold | 2m 35s | £0.99 | ||
| 19 | Trance and Bilocation | 49s | £0.99 | ||
| 20 | modified apparatus test | 3m 33s | £0.99 | ||
| 21 | "Now you're chanelling the real thing" | 20s | £0.99 | ||
| 22 | Rejoice ! He is here | 1m 51s | £0.99 | ||
| 23 | Attainment of the Final Key | 4m 31s | £0.99 | ||
| 24 | What I saw | 4m 3s | £0.99 | ||
| Entire MP3 Download Album ( 24 tracks) | £7.99 |
- MP3 format technical details
- These mp3 tracks have been encoded with LAME using the '--preset extreme' VBR setting, providing you with a very rich listening experience. No DRM or copy protection is built in to the mp3s.
flac downloads
Downloads
| Track Number | Listen | Track Name | Track Length | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meditation on nothingness | 3m 4s | £0.99 | ||
| 2 | Yellow Peel | 2m 4s | £0.99 | ||
| 3 | Your turn | 42s | £0.99 | ||
| 4 | Transcommunication | 1m 17s | £0.99 | ||
| 5 | Morning Break | 48s | £0.99 | ||
| 6 | Bongo Workout | 1m 34s | £0.99 | ||
| 7 | The Process Revealed | 1m 6s | £0.99 | ||
| 8 | Clear Channels | 42s | £0.99 | ||
| 9 | A Beginning Word | 2m 14s | £0.99 | ||
| 10 | Sighting in Corridor 12 | 1m 21s | £0.99 | ||
| 11 | Go Without Me | 1m 27s | £0.99 | ||
| 12 | Mountain Tone | 25s | £0.99 | ||
| 13 | They are in the room with us right now. | 2m 7s | £0.99 | ||
| 14 | Inhale. Exhale. Love! | 3m 16s | £0.99 | ||
| 15 | Intermission exercise | 1m 22s | £0.99 | ||
| 16 | Attaining the Third State | 1m 25s | £0.99 | ||
| 17 | Brain Sync | 3m 54s | £0.99 | ||
| 18 | The Gamelan Threshold | 2m 35s | £0.99 | ||
| 19 | Trance and Bilocation | 49s | £0.99 | ||
| 20 | modified apparatus test | 3m 33s | £0.99 | ||
| 21 | "Now you're chanelling the real thing" | 20s | £0.99 | ||
| 22 | Rejoice ! He is here | 1m 51s | £0.99 | ||
| 23 | Attainment of the Final Key | 4m 31s | £0.99 | ||
| 24 | What I saw | 4m 3s | £0.99 | ||
| Entire FLAC Download Album ( 24 tracks) | £7.99 |
- FLAC format technical details:
- These FLAC tracks are superior to MP3 in that they are compressed without any loss in sound quality. For further technical details or player tips, visit the Help section
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