DOP2 by Dogs Of Pleasure

"Immersive and visceral, Embrace is full-body music. Far from being alien in its remoteness, it sounds like right now in all its complexity. Schwing and Jackson are feeling what they are playing with the same intense connection that I’m sure they have to the wild landscape of their island. "
- Elijah Shiffer (review of Embrace in Extra Special Music, NYC)

“Dogs of Pleasure is raw, visceral, energised. To me it sounds like a big, life affirming ‘fuck you’. But it’s also incredibly refined and focused music making that is the result of (perhaps that could only be the result of) years of collaboration between these two extraordinary musicians. I love this album and everything it represents.”
- Peter Knight (trumpeter/composer/sound artist)

To check out the accompanying film by Dali Srhoj of this album, please head to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjxq4BVG3MA&list=PLK2KNo6eHEpDDvfCYnCKIl5v0tg13hFOJ

DOP2 emerged organically out of a filming session with our good friend and filmmaker Dali Srhoj, in the machinery shed behind Alfs place. The intention was to set up some mics, play some quick improvised performances and to grab some good looking footage with Dali’s new camera. There was no plan to make an album. It was a late start and we rattled off these three pieces, called it a night and didn’t think much of it until we listened and looked back the next day. Both the recording and the footage had a huge energy, with the music unfolding in a natural and unforced way.
This recording is a very clear picture of DOP’s essence, showing off the symbiotic mayhem we so love to make whilst also revealing new sonic territory for us. A snapshot of an ongoing process as we both develop our languages and a captured moment in time where these two approaches come together and form one giant Dog.

Wild music from a wild place. Welcome to the home of Julius Schwing’s creative music label Isthmus Music. Julius is an improvising guitarist and composer based on Bruny Island, Lutruwita/Tasmania.

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