Steven R. Smith, the creative mind behind Ulaan Khol, is one of the most exciting guitarists shredding up the underground. His productivity is relentless and his sensibilities always shifting, producing haunted free-sound with Thuja, capturing Eastern vibes and spiritual ecstaticness with Hala Strana, realizing a plurality of meditative and doomful soundworlds released under his own name, and as a critical member of all things Jeweled Antler Collective. In addition to the release of Cities on Immune Recordings, 2009 saw Smith joining forces with clarinetist Gareth Davis for the recording of Westering, which is arguably the most soul-enhancing, innovative, and mesmerizing piece of music Smith has created so far. III brings Ulaan Khol's Ceremony trilogy to a close. Listened to as a totality, the three suites are every bit as epic as The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, but with the perk that they can be reasonably enjoyed in one glorious sitting. Smith constructs a gigantic, orchestral sound-space drenched in distortion fuzz and feedback, where guitar... www.tinymixtapes.com