harpoon pole vault / orbless

harpoon pole vault ~ bipolar adjustment procedure (house of sun, 2010)

"Jason E Anderson of Gift Tapes, Brother Raven, Spare Death Icon and more lays out some killer vibes on the Micromoog, recorded direct to cassette for distinct elk fidelity." house of sun

sold out ~ download

 orbless ~ ruin machine (beach house, 2010)

"Ruin Machine is the third release from Orbless, the solo sonic explorations of Collin McKelvey. created entirely with modular synthesizers and analog delay and rhythm machine, Colin takes the listener on a slow journey through deep space. two side-long tracks usher the listener into a contemplative space where their imagination can bring up a multitude of scenarios. Ruin Machine was created with the idea of the man made objects  slowly decaying in orbit around the solar system." beach house

listen ~ buy ~ see

j. hanson

j. hanson ~ blood orange (gift tapes, 2010)

"J. Hanson’s Blood Orange is a mélange of rhythmic synthesized chanting and ethnic electronic doodles as equally playful as they are meditative. his creations envelop the senses, creating a gift russian dolled into the plastic and casing of the gift tapes vessel ~ a secret one will never know until they tear off the wrapping and place it in the tape deck. oh what a cruel and unusual pleasure they will find..." tiny mix tapes

sold out ~ download

j. hanson ~ new ruined maps (draft, 2010)

 

"over the past few years, Josh Hanson has developed his own completely unique voice, crafting beautiful music with a Blacet modular synthesizer and tape loops. this is a collection of compositional ideas wound together to form unfamiliar terrestrial landscapes that feel as futuristic as they do ancient. taking inspiration from ’70s synth music and ethnic musics, New Ruined Maps travels through melodic passages, soft timbres and moments of complex rhythmic patterns like a lucid dream." draft

 

out of print ~ download

hay tantos discos que a veces perdemos de vista maravillas como 'grotto', un sintetizador repetitivo y melancólico que no parece real. como todo el disco, como los dos discos de j. hanson, como 'many moons' de former selves o 'dreamsphere' de transmuteo. el tipo de música que tienes la impresión de estar escuchando cuando despiertas de un sueño o estás medio dormida viendo un documental con la cálida voz de richard attenborough sonando de fondo, que te deja el cuerpo aplatanado, flotando feliz, que quieres que le guste a los demás tanto como a ti, que recordarás siempre y siempre será especial, por el título, por la portada, por grotto, por el sintetizador que asoma apacible en el minuto 1:42 de 'bad timing', por 'ghana by jakarta', por el bucle eterno de 'blood orange' que me recuerda a high wolf y cuyo final es apabullante. por el indescriptible sintetizador 70's que inunda 'sawjig' a partir del minuto dos, por ese final con pajarillos tropicales que te conducen suavemente a 'summer oscilating', hipnotiquísima, bonita de verdad. como 'astoria'. como todo el disco, como los dos discos de j. hanson.