Artist : Talvihorros And Damian Valles
Album : Monuments And Ruins
Year : 2012
Genre : Ambient
Quality : 227kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo
Source : CD
Playtime : 0h 48m
Size : 81.13mb
Label : Textura
Catalognr : textura 003
Tracklist:
01. Talvihorros - From Within A Hollow Body (Part I) 12:10
02. Talvihorros - From Within A Hollow Body (Part II) 14:09
03. Damian Valles - Hollow Earth Theory 21:59
Releasenotes:
In late 2011, textura approached two of its favourite artists, Ben Chatwin (aka
Talvihorros) and Damian Valles, to ask whether the two might be interested in
contributing to a split release featuring newly created works by them. Much to
our delight, the two, seeing themselves as simpatico artists, agreed and shortly
thereafter produced the magnificent original material featured on Monuments and
Ruins. What they created amounts to an incredible and immersive listening
experience whose detail has been mastered in all its resplendent glory by James
Plotkin. Those wishing to draw a connection between the album title and the
musical content might hear Chatwin's two-part work as having rendered the
majestic character of a monument into aural form, while Valles' piece conjures a
vision of ruins.
Talvihorros's From Within A Hollow Body begins with bowed tones panning
forebodingly between left and right channels before growing ever more grainy and
epic. A sound-world of immense power declares itself as various layers of bowed
and plucked guitars swell into a seething mass, until the storm lifts and a
gradual lessening of intensity brings about a relative sense of calm. The work's
second part unfolds in an elegiac haze as guitars shudder against a smoldering
backdrop of soot and grime, before a beautiful series of strums emerge during
the final minutes to bring the piece to a graceful close.
With the artists having created such powerful material, it was important that
the visual presentation of the recording be as striking, and with that in mind
two powerfully evocative photographs by Jⁿrgen Heckel (aka Sogar) were selected
to complement the works produced by Chatwin and Valles. textura is proud to be
able to showcase the artistry of all involved on this distinctive release.
Talvihorros is the name under which Ben Chatwin issues his
guitar-and-electronics works. Numerous techniques are used to coax a myriad of
sounds from both acoustic and electric guitars, and home-made and vintage
electronic equipment are used to process and manipulate recorded material into
dense and dark sound collages that the London, UK-based composer augments with
analogue synths, organs, bells, percussion, and static. Talvihorros recordings
have been released on Hibernate (2011's Descent Into Delta, 2010's Music In Four
Movements) and Benbecula (2009's Some Ambulance), among other labels.
http://talvihorros.bandcamp.com/album/monuments-and-ruins