Excavation (album)
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Excavation is a critically acclaimed 2013 dark ambient and experimental electronic album by British producer The Haxan Cloak, noted for its oppressive atmosphere and exploration of themes surrounding death and the afterlife.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Excavation (album) canonical | 3 |
| Excavation (Part 2) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10918550 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Excavation (album) Context triple: [The Haxan Cloak, notableWork, Excavation (album)]
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A.
Digging
"Digging" is a celebrated poem by Seamus Heaney that reflects on heritage, manual labor, and the poet’s craft through memories of his father and grandfather working the land.
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B.
Dry Diggings
Dry Diggings was the early Gold Rush–era mining camp that later became the city of Placerville, California.
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C.
Dig in Deep
"Dig in Deep" is a 2016 studio album by American singer-songwriter and guitarist Bonnie Raitt, blending blues, rock, and Americana with introspective, socially aware songwriting.
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D.
Whispers Under Ground
"Whispers Under Ground" is an urban fantasy crime novel in Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London series, following magical police investigations beneath modern-day London.
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E.
Dig Deeper
Dig Deeper is the alias of British DJ and producer Danny Howells, known for his deep, progressive house and eclectic electronic music sets.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Excavation (album) Target entity description: Excavation is a critically acclaimed 2013 dark ambient and experimental electronic album by British producer The Haxan Cloak, noted for its oppressive atmosphere and exploration of themes surrounding death and the afterlife.
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A.
Digging
"Digging" is a celebrated poem by Seamus Heaney that reflects on heritage, manual labor, and the poet’s craft through memories of his father and grandfather working the land.
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B.
Dry Diggings
Dry Diggings was the early Gold Rush–era mining camp that later became the city of Placerville, California.
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C.
Dig in Deep
"Dig in Deep" is a 2016 studio album by American singer-songwriter and guitarist Bonnie Raitt, blending blues, rock, and Americana with introspective, socially aware songwriting.
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D.
Whispers Under Ground
"Whispers Under Ground" is an urban fantasy crime novel in Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London series, following magical police investigations beneath modern-day London.
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E.
Dig Deeper
Dig Deeper is the alias of British DJ and producer Danny Howells, known for his deep, progressive house and eclectic electronic music sets.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
music album
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studio album ⓘ |
| artist | The Haxan Cloak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | The Haxan Cloak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| follows | The Haxan Cloak (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format |
compact disc
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digital ⓘ vinyl ⓘ |
| genre |
ambient
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dark ambient ⓘ drone ⓘ experimental electronic ⓘ industrial ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | contemporary dark ambient music ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
bass‑heavy production
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cinematic sound ⓘ dark tone ⓘ oppressive atmosphere ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
afterlife
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death ⓘ mourning ⓘ spiritual journey ⓘ |
| hasType | concept album ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
conceptual focus on the afterlife
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dense sound design ⓘ use of sub‑bass frequencies ⓘ |
| partOf | The Haxan Cloak discography ⓘ |
| performer | The Haxan Cloak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousWork | The Haxan Cloak (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | The Haxan Cloak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2013 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Tri Angle Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reviewedBy |
Pitchfork
NERFINISHED
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Resident Advisor NERFINISHED ⓘ The Quietus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trackListingIncludes |
Consumed
NERFINISHED
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Dieu NERFINISHED ⓘ Excavation (Part 1) NERFINISHED ⓘ Excavation (Part 2) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mara NERFINISHED ⓘ The Drop NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mirror Reflecting (Part 1) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mirror Reflecting (Part 2) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfRelease | 2013 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Excavation (album) Description of subject: Excavation is a critically acclaimed 2013 dark ambient and experimental electronic album by British producer The Haxan Cloak, noted for its oppressive atmosphere and exploration of themes surrounding death and the afterlife.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Excavation (Part 2)