Sargassum aeterna has been repressed — this time on a beautiful dark yellow vinyl, echoing the living colour of the Sargassum algae itself. My deepest gratitude goes to Rekem Records for their dedication and care, and to all of you who continue to listen, support, and share in this journey.
Pre-order repress, shipping out around December 1st!
As journalist Lujo Parežanin wrote in the liner notes, Sargassum aeterna embodies “listening-as-speculation,” a practice that moves beyond registering sound into imagining futures through it. The album unfolds as a programmatic four-track cycle, situated in a fantastical narrative set in the year 2221. In this imagined world, magnetic fields collapse, global wars divide North and South, and ocean mining reshapes the planet’s abyssal landscapes. Yet amid catastrophe, sanctuaries remain: the Scottish Isle of Arran, home to the child-God Luka, and the Adriatic island of Mljet, where coralligenous species and fragile traces of marine life persist.
The accompanying text expands this vision: Wardenclyffe Towers harness solar radiation at the poles, megalopolises of the North are ruled by sentient cyborgs, and communication between worlds occurs only through dreams or fleeting portals. Against this backdrop, Sargassum aeterna renders sound as both archive and prophecy — sparse, uncanny, suspended in ominous stillness, yet carrying gestures of care and gentleness.
As Royal Editoryal noted, the album “transforms ecological crisis into a poetic act of listening, where sound becomes a vessel for memory and resilience.” Similarly, SoundOhm described it as “a profound exploration of marine ecologies, weaving field recordings and extended techniques into a sonic fabric that is at once fragile and immersive.”
This repress is not only a continuation of the work but also a way of preserving its speculative dramaturgy in material form — a gesture of remembrance, and a reminder that listening itself can be an act of care and resistance.