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a r t i s t :: Balmorhea
t i t l e :: Live at Sint-Elisabethkerk
d a t e :: 2011-09-06
l a b e l :: Western Vinyl
g e n r e :: Modern Classical
s o u r c e :: CD
b i t r a t e :: 233 kbps avg
e n c o d e r :: LAME
t r a c k s :: 12
p l a y t i m e :: 61:34
s i z e :: 108.5 MB
tracklist
1 Settler 9:00
2 To the order of night 4:48
3 Bowsprit 6:47
4 Night squall 5:21
5 Coahuila 4:35
6 Winter circle 3:09
7 Steerage & the lamp 7:03
8 Clamor 2:56
9 Truth 7:42
10 November 1, 1832 2:11
11 Untitled 3:49
12 Constellations 4:13
releasenotes
Balmorhea would make the perfect score to an introspective and desperate
western. In their music you can feel the wind blowing the loose, dusty earth
against your cheek as the sun beats on your face. ThereÆs also a sense of
loneliness and a wild beauty in between the rising strings and storms of
percussion, like this might be what you hear as you take your last breath in
the open air. For a great visualization of their music, find the video for All
Is Wild, All Is Silent, which was shot by filmmaker Jared Hogan (who also used
the footage in his short film The Earth in the Air).
Many of the tracks which make up their latest offering, a live recording from
Ghent, Belgium called Live at Sint-Elisabethkerk, are taken from All Is Wild,
including ôCoahuila,ö ôTruth,ö and ôNovember 1, 1832.ö The recordingÆs opener,
ôSettler,ö which also happens to open All Is Wild, is nothing short of moving.
ItÆs a lengthy track that takes the listener through all of the peaks and
troughs one would hope to expect from a track plump with emotion. And, the
church where the show was recorded has such a massive, natural echo of a sound
that it accents the song and the rest of the instrumental ensembleÆs set
divinely.
An impressive aspect of BalmorheaÆs music is their use of minimalism, bringing
a sense of poised and emotionally rich calmness in replace of just appeasing
impatience with a wall of sound. Tracks like ôTo the Order of Night,ö also
found on Constellations, is one of the groupÆs most moving songs in their
arsenal. The hum of the strings ebb and flow, allowing for subtle sounds like
sparse piano twinkles to puncture through, which are pulled forth in this
recording in sparkling clarity. The new track on Live at Sint-Elisabethkerk,
ôUntitled,ö is up to par with their previous numbers, but leaves you wishing
you were there to hear the music bounding off the stone walls of the church
engulfed in sound.
TheyÆve also been hard at work on their next full length. And, if you head out
to EmoÆs on Saturday where theyÆre playing Wild Frontier Festival with The
Octopus Project, White Denim and more, you just might catch some of the new
material.
http://balmorheamusic.com
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