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Mugstar - Ad Marginem

Review by Simon Jay Catling

The soundtrack’s dark opulence fits perfectly to the images of the accompanying film.»

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lp with dvd. limited to 500. ad marginem began life as a collaboration between filmmaker liam yates and mugstar, created outside a traditional framework whereby a filmscore is added to a completed film. members of the band were equal partners in writing, directing, editing as well as acting; the on screen drama was shaped to complement the musical form. ad marginem is both tightly controlled and claustrophobic.; though is not without a supersonic, dark and dense explosiveness, echoing slint and pink floyd. visually, the stark black and white photography of the cover pays homage to classic world cinema. the entire project (interiors and exteriors) was filmed within a stone's throw of the coast and contrasts post-industrial urban landscapes with some of the most beautiful merseyside locations: the sefton coast of liverpool bay and hilbre island, where the dee estuary meets the irish sea. a tale of obsession and betrayal, it takes as a theme physical and social marginality: a cult on the margins of society, a man on the margins of the cult.
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