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The musicians involved have brilliantly captured the film's haunting sci-fi atmospheres, crafting tracks that resonate deeply with the eerie and contemplative mood of the original. Each piece feels like an extension of Stalker, almost as if it were an alternate soundtrack, perfectly aligning with the film's mysterious and otherworldly landscape. This album is not just a tribute; it's a powerful reimagining that honors the film's legacy while offering a fresh auditory experience. Brilliant!
Favorite track: puddles and debris.
Michael Borella
Stalker by Andrei Tarkowskij is a Soviet-era film that explores themes of existentialism and the need for meaning. Its characters embark on a metaphysical journey highlighting the tensions between reality and illusion. Eighth Tower Records has assembled this set of tracks from experimental ambient artists who were asked to interpret the movie.
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"Stalker - Stories inspired by Andrej Tarkowskij's movie" is Eighth Tower's tribute to the cinematic masterpiece "Stalker" (1979) by Russian director Andrej Tarkowskij. Tarkowskij 's second science fiction film after Solaris, "Stalker" is based on a novel by the Strugackij brothers, Arkadij and Boris, renowned authors of Soviet science fiction. The novel, titled "Roadside Picnic," was released in 1971. Tarkovskij adapted the basic literary work, written in the form of dispatches and intelligence reports, inspired by the Tunguska event of 1908—a probable impact in a remote Siberian area of a meteorite or possibly a comet.
The Zone is primarily the interior of a rural territory that has been disrupted by an unspecified event, perhaps the fall of a meteorite or the passage of an extraterrestrial spacecraft. Within it, strange and mysterious events occur, and many people have disappeared. Above all, there is a rumor that a "Room" capable of fulfilling any desire is located within the Zone. After attempting to study the Zone, the military evacuated the population and restricted access. Scholars need special permits to enter. Only the Stalkers, guides who, for money, accompany anyone willing to try to reach the Room of Desires, challenging the authorities, venture into that territory. The world of "Stalker," filmed in Estonia, Russia, and Tajikistan, is a science fiction of inner space, reminiscent of Ballard, a dreamlike space. Leaning light poles, debris, abandoned huts. The film's world is heavily degraded and contaminated by trash, debris, and wreckage. A damp world, flooded, with puddles and rain. A disturbed world of a civilization now in a state of post-industrial decay.
Published by Eighth Tower
Curated by Raffaele Pezzella
Illustrated by John D. Chadwick
Introduction by Raffaele Pezzella
Cover layout by Matteo Mariano
Language: English
Paperback: 261 pages
Item Weight: 0.9 pounds (0,4 kg)
Dimensions: 6 x 0.86 x 9 inches (15 x 23 x 2 cm)
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Includes unlimited streaming of Stalker - Music inspired by Andrej Tarkowskij's movie
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Includes unlimited streaming of Stalker - Music inspired by Andrej Tarkowskij's movie
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Limited Edition Compact Disc (CD glass master) + Digital Release
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
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Includes unlimited streaming of Stalker - Music inspired by Andrej Tarkowskij's movie
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"Stalker" is Eighth Tower's tribute to the cinematic masterpiece "Stalker" (1979) by Russian director Andrej Tarkowskij. Tarkowskij 's second science fiction film after Solaris, "Stalker" is based on a novel by the Strugackij brothers, Arkadij and Boris, renowned authors of Soviet science fiction. The novel, titled "Roadside Picnic," was released in 1971. Tarkovskij adapted the basic literary work, written in the form of dispatches and intelligence reports, inspired by the Tunguska event of 1908—a probable impact in a remote Siberian area of a meteorite or possibly a comet. This collision, still the subject of studies and controversies today, in the 1970s generated a series of pseudoscientific hypotheses akin to a pre-Roswell event, based on the suggestion that the mysterious crashed object was an extraterrestrial spacecraft.
The Zone is primarily the interior of a rural territory that has been disrupted by an unspecified event, perhaps the fall of a meteorite or the passage of an extraterrestrial spacecraft. Within it, strange and mysterious events occur, and many people have disappeared. Above all, there is a rumor that a "Room" capable of fulfilling any desire is located within the Zone. After attempting to study the Zone, the military evacuated the population and restricted access. Scholars need special permits to enter. Only the Stalkers, guides who, for money, accompany anyone willing to try to reach the Room of Desires, challenging the authorities, venture into that territory. The film follows the journey of one of them. The man, a father of a legless daughter, despite his wife's opposition, decides to bring a failed writer in search of inspiration and a professor driven by scientific curiosity into the Zone. Three unnamed characters who seem to represent faith, art, and science.
The world of "Stalker," filmed in Estonia, Russia, and Tajikistan, is a science fiction of inner space, reminiscent of Ballard, a dreamlike space. Leaning light poles, debris, abandoned huts. The film's world is heavily degraded and contaminated by trash, debris, and wreckage. A damp world, flooded, with puddles and rain. A disturbed world of a civilization now in a state of post-industrial decay, continually punctuated by the "dodeskaden," the noise of trains and their vibrations. If we remember the Soviet Union, which would eventually have its forbidden and radiation-contaminated zone around the nuclear disaster of Chernobyl, then we can say that Tarkovskij was prophetic in outlining that degraded landscape with the reactors of a nuclear power plant in the background.
Everyone will form a different idea while watching Stalker, but everyone will be left with the impression of having witnessed a work of art, thanks to the emotion that the images and dialogues manage to evoke. After all, art is, above all, emotion.
"The Zone is the Zone, the Zone is life: crossing it, a person either breaks or resists. Whether a person will resist depends on their sense of their own dignity, their ability to distinguish the essential from the transient."
— Andrei Tarkovskij.
In this compilation of musical tracks and soundscapes, Eighth Tower Records and the musicians involved in the project pay passionate homage to this masterpiece of science fiction cinema and, more broadly, the history of cinema.
The cd is accompanied by a beautiful anthology of unpublished stories by: B. E. Dantalion, Andrew Coulthard, Chris McAuley, J. Edwin Buja, Glynn Owen Barrass, Michael F. Housel, Nora B. Peevy, Sarah Walker.
This Is Darkness
I’m a big fan of the novel, Roadside Picnic, on which the movie Stalker was based, so I was thrilled when I discovered that the wonderful Eighth Tower Records label was releasing an album of music inspired by the movie. With music from 14 talented musicians – including Mombi Yuleman, phoanøgramma, and Kelados, to name just a few – this is another impressive collection of tracks from this label. With music that features elements of dark ambient, drone, electronic, and industrial, there is something for everyone here, and fans of dark, atmospheric music will not be disappointed. Wonderful!
Mark Hjorthoy
Eighth Tower Records is responsible for turning me on to movies I had never heard of before. How many music labels can boast that? Their latest delves into a movie called ‘Stalker‘ by Andrej Tarkowskij – a 1979 Russian sci-fi thriller, that has a huge cult following. The tracks included on this release bring the chills and fear associated with the plot brilliantly, and leave you feeling like you’ve just lived through a harrowing experience. Post-apocalyptic brilliance shines hard on this album. A perfect representation of a long-loved creative masterpiece. This is a huge winner from a great label. I’m going in for another listen.
Music by: Cult Of Light, Rapoon, Mombi Yuleman, Tsath, phoanøgramma, Mario Lino Stancati, Esa Ruoho, Kelados, Morgen Wurde, vÄäristymä, Zabbaleen, Yousef Kawar, Glacial Anatomy.
Breaking down the barrier between the music and its audience, and inviting listeners from wherever they come from to immerse themselves in the chaos and contradictions of Indonesian culture. Eighth Tower Records
this album is a collection of quite differing but, at the same time, related and same-minded artists and musical trends, but in general, this compiled album is nothing but a top-product! Eighth Tower Records
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Cut ups work on at least two levels on Cut UP. Deconstructing W. S. Burroughs. The 13 artists that have contributed tracks were able to employ it both with their underlying music as well as any vocal, spoken word, or field recordings that appear in the foreground. The result is a weird and singular form of psychedelia.
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In the dense vortex of dark ambient, deep drone music and cinematic sound art, Shortwave Spectrum offers a soundtrack that goes beyond a mere collection of tracks; rather, it is a musical chronicle of the Cold War and clandestine communications.
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