Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement Taking Place In The Foyer

Taking Place In The Foyer was originally released in a run of just 14 copies on double tape back in 2012 and is now available on vinyl for the first time as part of the ongoing Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement reissue series.The newly remastered, first and last ever vinyl cut ofTaking Place In The Foyerforms the penultimate instalment in Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement’s necessary reissue scheme. Originally appearing second in the series, it then served to only heighten the enigma of a project which was, as yet, undisclosed as the work of Dominick Fernow, who’s maybe best known for his transgressive Prurient output, and theMuslimgauze-inspired rhythmic reportage of Vatican Shadow, as well as overseeing the ever Hospital Productions imprint.On its original release, each of RSE’s hand-duplicated and super limited tape editions were rabidly devoured by Hospital Productions disciples with little or no firm knowledge of the project’s provenance, this one included. Understandablythey became coveted items for hardcore disciples and new admissions to the label’s occult mass alike, often fetching multiples of the original retail price on the 2nd hand market.Taking Place In The Foyeris among the most cherished of the early RSE instalments. Following and diverging his unheimlich path, these four tracks find Fernow broadening his temporal scope and entrenching thespirits farther from home, covering bleaker terrain with the trudging momentum and shuddering conclusion ofSpot A Witch By Changes In The Person’s Behaviour,whereasIn New Guinea Police Don’t Have The Petrol Money ToSearch For The Witch Murdererslocates him toiling aleatoric at some dank workshop, and the unanswered CB radio crackle ofBodies Of Suspected Witches Are Dumped In The River Or Buried In Toilet Pitssets up the petrifying closingscene ofSorcery Killings.RSE can be taken as a minimal, supernatural-focussed adjunct to Vatican Shadow’s war commentary, invoking a more abstract, visceral and haptic sound, leaving us stranded in atropical-rain streaked AR soundscape....