rachel evans / motion sickness of time travel

rachel evans ~ cradle songs (adversary, 2015)

~ late night lullabies for cello and Rhodes ~

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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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the kevin costner suicide pact / crippling

the kevin costner suicide pact ~ my hand holding a still photograph of the same scene (hooker vision, 2012)

"The Kevin Costner Suicide Pact is a four-piece from Denver, Colorado who turn a massive pile of communally manipulated pedals into a delicate wash of sound. despite (or because of) the number of members, this crew is known for it’s subtlety. And despite the subtlety, the songs on this tape have a presence that only a group so tight-knit could create." hooker vision

  

"a contemplative drone wafts from the collective's floorcore alchemy for guitars that blossoms into a dissonant crescendo of wintery noise sounding like a lo-fi version of Tim Hecker or Lawrence English. on the second half the Pact eschews the guitars for a freak-folk amalgam of bells and Finnish-inspired clatter that morphs into a balefully cinematic conclusion to the tape with deeply resonant loops that speaks to the expansive land in which these gentlemen live, as some sort of cracked, lugubrious reinterpretation of Arthur Honegger's early 20th Century symphonic ode to railroads and trains in Pacific 231. another great find from Hooker Vision." aquarius

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crippling ~ fleeting talisman (hooker vision, 2012)

"Fleeting Talisman was recorded using only the grimiest records and crudest equipment available in west Georgia thrift stores." hooker vision

"the title alone made me curious. and my curiosity was immediately overwhelmed with abstract, sonic beauty. the sound of Crippling is opaque, murky, always threatening to disintegrate; yet it is concurrently beautiful, fascinating and consoling. in the process, the sounds ascend, descend, and throb; however, hope manifests throughout. the first part emits a vibe from a Miles Davis fusion era live show, when the sound of his trumpet would descend among the backdrop of Jarrett and Corea. even then, the intermingled sounds of the band would produce an uplifting sound, a feeling of hope. that feeling is eerily present throughout the rest of the tape: dense, tangled sounds follow the introduction, existing under the hiss before breaking through, descending and reappearing. side B finishes the trip properly as flailing loops and broken sounds imbue the environment, refusing to depart as the mood vacillates." honest bag

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por las nubes... en Crippling, Grant Evans explora nuevos territorios con la ayuda de poco más que 'el equipo más básico y los vinilos más viejos y desgastados que pudo encontrar en las tiendas de segunda mano de Georgia." precisamente los dos elementos que dan cuerpo y alma a las tres canciones de 'fleeting talisman', un campo lleno distorsiones, astros fugaces, ruido, efectos, zumbidos, pero también melodía y romanticismo. inevitable acordarme de The Caretaker y sus imágenes recurrentes: orquestas de bailes de salón impregnadas de humeantes atmósferas de jazz, salones vacíos, años cincuenta, el crepitar de la aguja sobre el vinilo, el resplandor, cosas bonitas de verdad. 'fleeting talisman' es como el reverso melancólico e introspectivo de 'tactical gamelan', capaz de inventar bandas sonoras que saben emocionar y envolver a fuerza de añadir capas y hacer enrevesadas las estructuras. pequeñito pero apabullante.

the kevin costner suicide me enamoran desde su enigmática portada (un hurra a los diseños de hooker vision, por fin tengo en mis manos 'many moons' de former selves y no puede ser más bonita) y un título cinematográfico, muy muy sugerente: mi mano agarrando una fotografía de la misma imagen. devoción, fe, conexión astral... ¿quienes son estos enigmáticos personajes? vienen de la mano de Grant y Rachel y eso sólo puede ser bueno. cuatro canciones: 'and', que abre el disco, sensual como un baño de espuma, ('good morning, i'm sorry'...), la mínima y acuosa 'minimal water damage', 'man the dam', un encuentro imaginario entre Burial y Sylvia Monnier y 'left out in left field',  posible demostración de que si estuviésemos hablando de cine, la mano que agarra la fotografía sería una peli de culto, llena de misterio y emoción verdadera.

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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former selves / quiet evenings

 

former selves ~ build (hooker vision, 2012)

"For those only familiar with Paul Skomsvold's hazy tapes of blissful drone, this disc may come as something of a surprise. Recorded prior to Many Moons, Build is the missing link between Paul's early experiments in lo-fi rock and his more recent excursions into pure sound. A perfect soundtrack for the final days of summer."

foto: melissa catanese

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 quiet evenings / former selves ~ riverbend/future nostalgia (constellation tatsu, 2012)

"Descend into the deeply personal sound of Quiet Evenings and experience music in both time and space. Gradually resurface on the sustained, perfumed bubble of Former Selves’ soporific harmonies" costellation tatsu

foto: lil bavvers

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former selves ~ limits (rotifer, 2012)

"slow motion nostalgia from Former Selves...soundtracks to lost love scenes, blurry 8mm film montages of carousel rides, memories of a beach sunset. highly accessible, emotive synth movements, that seem impossible to resist. the soundscape is thick, and full, but never crowded or overbearing. a beautiful confluence of warm layers and clean, crisp delicate sounds. there is an elegant simplicity in the four track c20. peaceful, honest compositions, absolutely meant to be enjoyed, and effortlessly successful. stunning physical product. retro futurist art, pro printed, pro dubbed limited to sixty copies. grab directly from Rotifer." guide me little tape

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siempre es motivo de alegría cualquier cosa que salga de los dedos mágicos de rachel y grant, hooker vision, rotifer y el recién llegado costellation tatsu (hakobune, cankun), pero former selves, el mago de la nostalgia por excelencia, es una debilidad personal... qué bonita 'future nostalgia', el perfecto equilibrio entre sensibilidad y ciencia, una de esas melodías que dejan huella de verdad. las imágenes que lleva dentro y que desencadenan un estado de ánimo de melancolía y emoción son pura ciencia ficción musical, la demostración empírica de que existen otros planetas ambient. y están aquí. porque el cambio a partir del minuto cinco me deja sin respiración, capas y capas de teclados entrelazándose con una tímida percusión que avanza dulce y delicada, conscientemente anacrónica y triste. sólo un deseo, que siga el estado de gracia de paul skomsvold (al que pronto tendremos de gira por españa y también en portugal, porto) y que siga haciéndonos levitar por mucho tiempo

peyote cristal / euglossine

peyote cristal ~ foreign tongues (housecraft, 2012)

"ong-awaited collaboration between Adam of Sacred Phrases/Dry Valleys and Grant Evans (Quiet Evenings, Nova Scotian Arms, Crippling). twisted channels straight to/from subconscious networks employing a myriad of mysterious and organic elements conjure a streaming dark/vivid/nostalgic and, of course, psychedelic state of mind."

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 euglossine ~ floridian abstract (housecraft, 2012)

"Tristan Whitehill represents/maintains a unique facet of Gainesville, FL sound. following up his debut solo release on Rotifer, 'Floridian Abstract' digs deep into new fidelities. complexities never outweigh aesthetic charm and restraint but the abstract and articulate muscles flex hard. much heart, much sweat. warm and welcoming vignettes all around."

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fotos: kevin hsia

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 ~ 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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