Kirchenkampf – The Gravity of Grace

Kirchenkampf
The Gravity of Grace
1987 (no label)
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA

Josh Gore – All noises

Side 1:

1. The Gravity of Grace
2. Bethlehem
3. Street Called Straight
4. The Ling Trees
5. Ship of Faith

Side 2:

1. Faith
2. Fiat Lux
3. Arriving at Sinai
4. Shipwrecked

I had no idea what I was getting into with this tape. The tape case itself was painted on all sides with green 80s texture paint – the kind that was used to make flat surfaces look like rocks. Well, faux rocks at best. Not much to the liner notes. The music is really extreme ambient music – no real discernible rhythms – mostly floating, spacey sounds made by one person. Song lengths run from 6 minutes to 25, so overall this is a long album. It is also available on BandCamp now. Turns out this was his second tape after a self-titled tape in 1986. This was followed by Dancing Toward the Light of Heaven in 1988, and he is still releasing music.