digitalis: there's not much more that can be said about french duo natural snow buildings, so i'll keep this short & sweet. "the wheel of sharp daggers" continues their journey through improvised ruins of ancient lands. epic soundscapes create craters in the scorched earth. mountains of guitars, booming percussion, and god only knows what else take you into their vividly-colored world and wrap you in the sonic warmth. it doesn't get much better. limited to 135 handnumbered copies with full-color covers and handpainted inserts. tracklist: side a: the wheel of sharp daggers side b: loss of the shadow http://www.digitalisindustries.com/ltd17.html (down, not on wayback machine) tunita: The cover art looks like a section of a Tibetan thangka painting depicting Palden Lhamo, a deity in Tibetan Buddhism.