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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

white poppy


"White Poppy. Light touches of curved liquid sable highlight clouds above a mermaid’s island on a page of white. The swim-bubbled treasure gleams the blissful pleasure of Summer leisure, where at any time of day you’ll find an iridescent glow. As incredible as a dream." constellation tatsu


"Drifter's Gold was prepared in anticipation of an LP to follow this August. Named for Don Blanding's poems inspired by the beauty of Hawaii, Drifter's Gold will almost certainly live up to the mantle of "therapy" for anyone kindly drugged by soothing string-playing and hazy vocals into its blissful, precociously decorated ambient swells. though many of the songs take their inspiration from everyday life and the sadness of inner confusion, all were deliberately crafted to address Dorval's own fixation with the seasons and their influence on the temper of her recordings. easily building on the very perceptable influence of Blanding's Hawaii, Drifter's Gold may just be the ideal hedge against the summer doldrums during this year's hotter months."

released 02 July 2013
Music & Art by Crystal Dorval
Mastered by Sean McCann

qué bien que vuelva a la pradera Crystal Dorval después de su cinta en Not Not Fun y de la mano de unos de mis sellos favoritos. hacer una versión de 'last christmas' de Wham! y no morir en el intento: eso es lo que hizo Crystal en un single tan delicioso como inesperado (búscalo en el recopilatorio 'white out' creado por la propia Crystal), pero es que esta cinta es un regalo. 'drifter's gold' está inspirado en los poemas de Don Blinding que a su vez estaban inspirados en la belleza de Hawaii. y la música de Crystal Dorval es sencillamente eso trasladado a sonido: siete canciones de luminosidad hawaiana (con todas las comillas del mundo porque en realidad no hay ukeleles ni collares de flores sino guitarras y sintetizadores) que Crystal modela con cariño casi maternal por el detalle. que de repente suene 'daydreaming' es como abrir la ventana y encontrarte con el sol más radiante y agradable. canciones cálidas y vaporosas con cierto aire a la Julianna Barwick de los anteriores discos. Crystal llega y te captura con 'when i'm gone' (Brian Eno y Vashti Bunyan flotan por ahí), 'drifter's gold' o 'silver eyes', que podría ser una versión brumosa e irreconocible de The Byrds a través del Roy Orbison más Lynch con un poquito de Aloonaluna, pero sobre todo por ese soplo de la vida, apenas un minuto y medio, bautizado 'green & growing', que casi vale por todo un disco. todas son pura magia, tonadillas que se tararean casi por inercia, dormitando al sol, que hablan por sí solas tan sólo leyendo los títulos. verde y floreciendo. desestrésate con Crystal ^^

Friday, March 01, 2013

deep magic


"A delicate nuance of organic phrasing; Alex Gray has been churning out a mysteriously attractive and impressive ambient catalogue for the past few years. 2012 has been relatively silent for the project, until now. Housecraft is proud to present Deep Magic's first vinyl edition. All new, all now. Full color jackets, stamped white labels. Mastered by Sean McCann." housecraft



Tuesday, May 18, 2010

dreamcolour


"If there is one group that has emerged from 2009 which best embodies the Future, in our mind it would be California’s Dreamcolour. We were hooked ever since first checking their righteous live actions, their early cdr & taped treats, and their uncontainable offerings of jazz and drone’s most mystical sides. ‘Inner Worship’ finds this intrepid tribe bloomed out to a 9-piece at times, shooting for nothing less than Sacredelica in the raw. Yes, an entirely new genre seems ripe for carving here after one gets wet with this hour long wave. Dreamcolour operates with such an impressively cohesive front that they take the meaning of “unity through sound” to the next fractal notch. The sweaty saxophone bop, orbital viola lines, and holy hollers of Side A impressively distill to a pinpoint of mass mind mantra on Side B. Like hearing all individual parts of an explosion reach their expressive boundaries and then implode into a singular, refined meditation. When these sun-risen modes of the Inner are visited here (and that’s quite often) don’t be surprised if you find yourself grabbing the nearest instrument at hand, becoming a temporary 10th member of Dreamcolour, and worshiping right along. Limited special edition of 100 pro-dubbed & imprinted c60 tapes with double-sided color art in vinyl album." -stunned


fotola: ƒenk

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

sideways hole

"The third installment of the ongoing series of live Rover recordings. All acoustic pieces played in the depths of a large concrete tunnel. Very spacious and relaxing. Three extended tracks featuring Stewart Adams on acoustic/slide guitar, Alex Gray (Dreamcolour/Deep Magic) on banjo, Sean McCann on viola and bowed banjo, and Dave McPeters on bowed upright bass and slide guitar. Limited to 48 copies." animal psi

foto: jeff luker