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Back in the day, mid to late 80s, I was quickly cured from anything even vaguely ritualistic or all that came with the name Aleister Crowley attached, so that’s were I missed out on this Italian duo, whose name comes from Crowley’s book ‘”Liber A’ASH vel Capricorni Pneumatici SUB FIGURA CCCLXX”. They are only known by their pseudonyms Pazuzu and Soda Caustica, but I didn’t expect otherwise. A bit more research learned me they had a bunch of cassettes releases in the 80s, on a label called 666 Production, but also on SSS and Minus Habens and in 2016 there was this CD of six pieces recorded in 2014 and two in 2009, the latter that they did with Z’EV... Apparently their set-up was mostly acoustic in the past, ‘PVC tubes, air compressors, hammers, buckets, water, steel and aluminium tanks and plates, various metal and plastic objects’ yet on this CD also percussions, voice, harp guitar, ac. guitar, treatments and processing, electronics and field recordings. There is no ritual chanting here, which is always good in my book, but some fine atmospheric music of long form drone like sounds, whether these are acoustic in origin or processed versions. Actually I thought all of this was quite enjoyable throughout. Close your eyes, and there are no sigils, no burning crosses or incense, no liber all, just highly enjoyable experimental music based on loops, sounds, and with the right amount of reverb and delay (and no doubt more of those) all highly atmospheric; creepy and dark. Maybe this can also be the sound of a fine horror movie I thought. I am not sure this would make me rush out and hear their entire recorded output, but this one is surely the fine soundtrack to a grey November afternoon. [Vital Weekly]