rachel evans / motion sickness of time travel

rachel evans ~ cradle songs (adversary, 2015)

~ late night lullabies for cello and Rhodes ~

listen ~ coming soon...

motion sickness of time travel ~ weeks (self-released, 2015) 

"originally composed as an aid for lessons in self-hypnosis. piles of books, reciting affirmations, remembering vividly those early prophetic dreams of the future... now all has come true and those weeks seem light-years away." rachel evans

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magia 

motion sickness of time travel

motion sickness of time travel ~ ballade for a harvest moon (self-released, 2013)

 Recorded at home by Rachel Evans
September 2013 - synthesizer and voice

Self-released cdr and digital download.
cdr limited edition of 50.

Includes CDr, fabric square (blue, green, black or plaid), artwork square (color cover printed on front, black and white printed info on back) hand-numbered edition, and assorted fall leaves, housed in a folded vellum "sleeve". 

"beautiful ambient music, just in time for fall." citizenkeith

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motion sickness of time travel

 motion sickness of time travel ~ athenaeu: 2009~2012 (self-released, 2013) 

"continuous 60 minute mix of Motion Sickness of Time Travel recordings, including 29 different excerpts from albums recorded and released between January 2009 and December 2012. physical copies are self-released in a numbered & signed edition of 13.

hand numbered and signed edition of 13 home-dubbed mix tapes includes: a hand-collaged clear-yellow C60 cassette, hand-collaged fold out J-card, housed in a norelco case with either black(5), clear(6) or white(2) backs, hand-written track list and info on notebook paper in a small booklet-style with collaged cover simple-stitched with thread on the fold, and comes in a hand-sewn black corduroy pouch with a small assortment of gem stones. each purchase comes with an immediate download of the mix." motion sickness of time travel 

edición ultra limitada de 13 copias, numeradas y firmadas, cada una con un collage diferente. incluía una bolsita de pana cosida a mano con un pequeño surtido de piedras preciosas. las cosas bonitas no tienen precio y duran un suspiro. snif.

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motion sickness of time travel

motion sickness of time travel ~ the perennials (boomkat, 2012)

"Motion Sickness Of Time Travel makes fuzzy eyes for the dancefloor on her sublime debut for our label. 'The Perennials' is Rachel Evans' eagerly awaited follow-up to that eponymous LP for Spectrum Spools, channelling her celestial energies into concise and emotive ambient-pop arrangements on the cusp of progressive '90s trance. Taking in a handful of gorgeous songs ranging from pastoral instrumentals to strobing arpeggio surfers and sweeping mini bleep symphonies, she isolates a feeling or vibe hovering between the alien horizons of Tangerine Dream and Laurie Spiegel and the heart-aching cinematic yearn of Angelo Badalamenti and Julee Cruise at their best for David Lynch. From the icarus-like trance ascension of opener 'Efflorescence', she makes a deeply endearing virtue of divining unresolved tension between cosmic ambition and lo-fi willpower, defying its teasing gravity to ride pockets of thermal energy with siren-like chicanery on the radiant 'The Reynard And The Vixen', whilst the neo-tantrik positivism of 'Foggy Morning' consolidates the compatible dimensions of Laurel Halo and Suzanne Ciani with bittersweet effect beside the lushly heightened sensuality of 'The Chord and the Centre'." boomkat 

llevo varios días inmersa en esta preciosidad llamada 'the perennials', descansando de vez en cuando en 'hew', y ahí me quedaría para siempre. algo que me suele pasar cada vez que me acerco a un nuevo disco de Motion Sickness of Time Travel. Rachel Evans es definitivamente una artista fundamental en la música de los últimos años. por la labor, cortita pero intensa, que inició hace ya casi cinco años en el inabarcable universo de la electrónica cósmica con Motion Sickness of Time Travel y Quiet Evenings (junto a Grant Evans), por el material que edita en su sello Hooker Vision y porque tengo la sensación de que es una persona que ama la música por encima de todo. ella es, paso a paso, quien quizá defina mejor la atención a la textura del sonido cósmico, mimando drones y notas de teclados para crear un increíble viaje aural de sensaciones, emociones y visiones.

'the perennials' me gana a cada escucha, revela la clave de su dimensión y de su evolución, la sensibilidad melódica de la música electrónica, cada vez menos brumosa y más ambient pop. imagina hacer una película con un plano que te gusta, sólo uno... y repetirlo por puro placer. eso son para mí las canciones de Rachel Evans: notas repetidas, estructuras básicas con una belleza delicada. las ganas de mirar hacia arriba y percibir la expansión del universo, de sentir la ingravidez, como las alfombras voladoras de la portada. hablaría de las cinco canciones si pudiera escapar de 'the reynard and the vixen', la perfecta canción compendio de un disco. en ella está todo lo que 'the perennials' es: atmósferas entremezcladas, espirales y desarrollos lineales, elegante, cálida, envolvente, caudalosa, ideal para observar de cerca y admirar embelesada las virtudes compositivas de Rachel Evans. su voz suave y sensual planea sobre un sintetizador astral, circula pizpireta desde su abstracción inicial hacia un crescendo de capas de efectos, ritmos y secuenciadores magistralmente superpuestos. una canción montaña rusa irresistible. las demás le siguen manteniendo casi casi ese nivel de otro mundo: 'the chord and the centre', tan Tangerine Dream, tan Klaus Schulze, tan Lopatin, tan setentera, ¡tan todo!, sube peldaño a peldaño una secuencia rítimica perfecta. 'foggy morning', más íntima, prefiere centrar la mirada en los drones dulces y familiares de Venn Rain y Lunar Miasma. y después, a volver a empezar... con permiso de Norm Chambers,  ella, como ninguna, es capaz de girar la flecha de la máquina del tiempo y hacerme creer que estoy en 1978.

collage: djuno tomsni

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motion sickness of time travel

motion sickness of time travel ~ marbled youth (old frontiers, 2012)

"angelic croons of synergetic babylon follow and merge with sonic dream synapsis...the elevator cruises on pulse-o-matic mode, the walls glow infinitely and as you stare upwards at the plastered ceiling long enough you see remnants of omni-consciousness taking life and sending subliminal messages of further knowledge....makes one feel that one rachel evans is completely in tune with the light matter magic of the universe...the automatic doors open ad you are propelled into a digitized utopia where the sounds take shape into tropic life drawing you in. magical as personal creativity should be, rachel roses per usual ~ reps the highest par of beautiful synth/vocal hypnosis/mind healing music." old frontiers

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moss swarm

moss swarm - seance horizon 3'' (hooker vision, 2010)

"grant evans (nova scotian arms) uncovers hidden psychic terrain through shamanic dirges and spiritual strains of tribal feedback set against the hum of agriculture. bowed veins scratch forests of moss and statues of the deceased dance under the pagan moon. wine and hexagonal tranquilizers on the altar of the hive are consumed blindly by the righteous many below howling winds of witch instrumentals." hooker vision

"psych-folk drone-zone work from grant evans. more twining branches and curling smoke than the other, more new age-y stuff of his I had heard, and this is a good thing, adding quite a bit of grit and substance. again, two tracks, succinct and to the point. nice variety of sounds and textures, all in all a jewelled antler, last visible dog vibe done pleasantly if unassumingly." eggy records

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quiet evenings | seziki tetrasheaf

quiet evenings ~ patience folding waters (hooker vision, 2011)

"Quiet Evenings are back with a reissue of a tape that was previously released in a hand-numbered edition of 12 for the Foogmess festival in Asheville. two sprawling sides of minimal electronic bliss." hooker vision

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seziki tetrasheaf | quiet evenings ~ split lp (rotifer-hooker vision, 2011)

 

"in celebration of Rotifer's 50th and Hooker Vision's 100th releases, the two labels have teamed up to offer a commemorative split lp between the labels' flagship bands, Seziki Tetrasheaf and Quiet Evenings.

the a side begins with Seziki's lost and found shuffle of mildewed grooves. hazy recollections. deep humidity. on the flip, Quiet Evenings cool things down a bit with a bubbling hymn to the ocean and her mysteries. lost in waves. floating."

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nuojuva

nuojuva ~ otavaiset otsakkaha (hooker vision, 2012)

"Olli Aarni, the young Finnish mastermind behind the Ous Mal project has shed his former skin and settled comfortably into the Nuojuva moniker. his pastoral loops are further enhanced with vocals from Anya Kuts (Love Cult) and Rachel Evans (Motion Sickness of Time Travel)." hooker vision

cómo describir dos canciones como 'punapuola kankahalla' o 'ikina'. es hooker vision, el astronauta olli aarni (todo lo que hace es bonito, no importa el estilo), rachel evans y anya kuts en las voces. como acercarse a leyland kirby a través de jonna karanka, sala~arhimo o los delfines del futuro. envolvente, cinemático, ensoñador,...y muchísimoss adjetivos atmosféricos más

foto: laura kiernan

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nuojuva

nuojuva ~ valot kaukaa (preservation, 2012)

 "As Ous Mal, Olli Aarni’s debut album Nuojuva Halava took the early promise of his cd-r releases into a beautiful realisation of a unique sound that evoked both a curious nostalgia and a sense of future pathways, combining classical overtures, narcotic beats and warm atmospherics into blissful song.

Aarni’s beguiling vision holds sparer focus on Valot kaukaa for a more overtly ambient space filled with delicate instrumentation, including cello, piano, flute and violin, as well as a new interest in the possibilities of voice. Spacey and intimate with wintry and autumnal shades, its whispered melodies and open drift making for an heightened state still somehow grounded in downhome feeling.

The gliding vocal textures of Rachel Evans aka Motion Sickness of Time Travel, as well as one half of duo Quiet Evenings, is a recurring highlight, while Sophie Hutchings’ dazzling, rolling piano propels Laakso into a wonderful orbit.

Honing a special path explored on Nuojuva Halava, Valot kaukaa feels like one long, suspended, beautiful moment." preservation

aéreo, etéreo, elegante,...the caretaker

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# rewind 2011 ~ part I & II

 

01. missing you less ~ Margaret Dygas | "st", perlon
02. new ground ~ Andy Stott | "passed me by", modern love
03. tick of the clock ~ The Chromatics | "ost drive", lakeshore
04. under your spell ~ Desire | "ost drive", lakeshore
05. animal dreams ~ Sapphire Slows | "true breath ep", not not fun
06. like dunes ~ Motion Sickness of Time Travel | "luminaries and synastry", digitalis
07. your fingers the snake ~ Cankun | "ethiopian dreams", hands in the dark
08. graphics bloom ~ Nova Scotian Arms | "slow architecture", sweat lodge guru
09. all the sun that shines ~ Peaking Lights | "936", not not fun
10. the 5 ~ FWY! | "ca 80's ca 90's", brave mysteries
11. slim ~ James Ferraro | "far side virtual", hippos in tanks
12. modern through movement ~ The Advisory Circle | "as the crow flies", ghostbox
13. like glass ~ Charlatan | "split w/ Spare Death Icon", stunned
14. heiress to the throne ~ Silver Antlers | "pulling diamonds from dirt", self-released
15. wälzer ~ Kaboom Karavan | "barra barra", miasmah
16. fuji descent ~ High Wolf | "atlas nation", holy mountain
17. friends ~ Meg Baird | "seasons on earth", drag city
18. telepathy ~ Motion Sickness of Time Travel | "seeping through the veil of the unconscious", digitalis
19. nebula ~ Pulse Emitter | "spiritual vistas", expansive & cylindrical habitat modules 
20. i'm willing to stagger ~ Mind Over Mirrors | "high & upon", gift tapes
21. el bosque de los huizaches ~ Smokey Feather | "árbore en la cresta", luzzzalig / microphones in the trees

hace tiempo que no hacemos listas con lo mejor del año, cosas de la edad y la pereza supongo. el caso es que este año nos apetecía hacer algo, así que ahí va este recopilatorio con las canciones que ahora mismo más me llaman la atención ya que el oráculo del buen gusto, es decir, ana, está más perezosa que yo. aunque en cine estará de acuerdo en proclamar "melancholia" como la mejor peli, de "breaking bad" dirá que es la mejor serie y el universo lartigue como el mayor descubrimiento fotográfico supongo.

y sí, tenéis toda la razón del mundo, es verdad, faltan un montón de canciones, de discos, de artistas, de sellos. pero muchos de ellos ya han aparecido en el blog a lo largo y ancho de este 2011, en el que por ejemplo para mí el mejor disco es "the magic place" de julianna barwick y ni siquiera lo hemos reseñado, tampoco la sopresa más agradable del año; el sello hooker vision con un arsenal de discos devastador; reedbeds, mohave triangles, nova scotian arms, motion sickness of time travel, quite evenings, kon tiki gemini, etc... pensemos en este puñado de canciones como la postdata musical de un año tremendamente fértil. esperemos que el 2012 se porte por lo menos igual de bien. ahora ya os toca a vosotros y vosotras inundar los comentarios con los olvidados y olvidadas. opinen, opinen!

*feliz año*

download part I / download part II

foto: jacques henri lartigue