million mists

million mists ~ original motion (gift tapes, 2011)

"perma-flow blade runner of the jungle; karaoke synth solos navigating snail trails" gift tapes

 "Jamie Potter’s music (Million Mists, Brother Raven, Father Sound) and video work often begins with thrift store castoffs as source material, with unwanted and undervalued synthesizers and vhs equipment taking the place of the comic books that seed his works on paper. He then proceeds to coax idiosyncratic, inharmonic spurts of data into compositions typically dictated by the confines of a semi-obsolete format, such as 2″ cassette tape. Through the intuitive process of improvisation and revision, Jamie imparts his trademark organic dynamism to a diverse array of materials, somehow always arriving at a vaguely biomorphic, self-similar end result with more than a hint of the uncanny. The ingredients might feel nostalgic, but the finished product is wholly other." translinguistic other

a veces, navegando en sellos inabarcables como gift tapes, te encuentras con cosas tan bonitas como la música de jamie potter, el hombre burbuja que además de hacernos levitar con brother raven o million mists también pinta y hace vídeos. los ocho minutos 'the garden level' son para escuchar una y otra vez, parándose en cada sonido, cada detalle, tan evocadora y naranja como blue orange de j. hanson, tan contemplativa y lunar como many moons de former selves

collage: peter harris

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joshua abrams

 joshua abrams ~ represencing (eremite, 2012)

 "Represencing is an ethereal collection of static snapshots, spirited over sonic sand dunes by the textured tonal linger of Abrams’ guimbri (a traditional North African stringed instrument).

  recorded at home, abrams again organizes small group statements around the resonant grooves of the guimbri with a unique & broadly assimilative compositional voice. sources from traditional musics to minimalism, jazz to krautrock, animate represencing, but Abrams is always grounded in the solidity of true working musicianship & he proves himself an artist fluent not just in styles but traditions.  abrams' guest musicians embrace his polyglot approach.  goaded by abrams to focus on a particular facet of their musical vocabularies, jeff parker & emmett kelly appear as finely contrasting rhythm guitarists, michael zerang gets virtuosic on a tambourine, david boykin devotes himself to altissimo long-tones & circular breathing, jason stein's bass clarinet, or, as with nicole mitchell's diaphanous choir of flute parts, function as landscape. the moondog-influenced "sungazer" is an aria for tomeka reid's spirited cello.  throughout the album gong rhythms, synthesizer "sub" bass, harmonium & organ return as unifying coloristic elements.  abrams likens the overall concept to "entering a forest from different directions", sandy bull's duets with billy higgins, don cherry, arnold dreyblatt, hamza el din, popul vuh, & pharaoh sanders as inspirations." eremite 

foto via peter harris

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reedbeds

reedbeds ~ slippery elm (rotifer cassettes, 2011)

"Another soother from Californian, Carter Mullin. Beautifully tonal guitar breezes' loop your way into hibernation."

"...being an untrained and inexperienced guitar player, i’m often shaky and weary of stumbling upon sour notes and accidents like that. I avoid writing ideas down or memorizing them because they’re bound to either sound completely different or fall apart on record. Finding time to record is impulsive, and rarely am i comfortable, though relieved and fulfilled afterward. I’m a morning person, but only so if outside is looking dreary or it’s from around 4-6 am. Otherwise, the spirit of containment and warmth no longer appears within reach. If all goes my way, Reedbeds captures the essence of solitude, swigging coffee, and languor." carter mullin

scan: petercat.harris

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deep magic

deep magic ~ ancestor worship (goldtimers tapes 2011)

"Deep Magic is an ascent of vibrating dreams.  A reverence for the past.  Family as honor and narrative bliss.  Spun webs of high wet dew.  Deep Magic is archaic spirit hymns.  Healing music." goldtimers tapes

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deep magic ~ ocean breaths (deep tapes 2011)

"...“Ocean Breaths 1″  by Deep Magic is one of the most aptly titled songs I’ve heard in a while. Its nine-and-a-half minute run takes us on a shoegazing journey colored by bells, shakers, and the sound of slow, deep breaths. If you’ve been running around town, and have somehow forgotten to breathe, this meditative track will remind you. The visuals, which Gray produced on his own, are the sort of ethereal psychedelic fare. We’re shown scenes of the African animals in the plains, layered over images of Ocean predators... the deep focus on nature here works perfectly for this cleansing, zen track." visitation rites

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