Artist : Aquarelle
Album : August Undone
Year : 2013
Genre : Ambient
Quality : 248kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo
Source : Webshop / FLAC
Playtime : 0h 36m
Size : 69.17mb
Label : Students Of Decay
Catalognr : SOD100
Tracklist:
01. Within Without 7:47
02. This Is No Monument 11:41
03. A Flare 5:10
04. Sandpaper Winds 4:40
05. Clockless Hours 7:32
Releasenotes:
From the very first seconds of "Within/Without," listeners familiar with the
output of Aquarelle, the nom-de-plume of Madison, WI-based sound artist Ryan
Potts, will find themselves in territory that is at once familiar and new. This
opening salvo explodes into being with the surging, analog fuzz blooms and
preternatural sense of rhythm that endeared many to "Sung in Broken Symmetry,"
his prior Students of Decay full-length as well as his sterling contribution to
the split LP with Alex Cobb issued via Low Point. Nestled deep within these
writhing guitar drones we hear plaintive piano notes being struck and layered
sine waves, an early hint of the notable development of the Aquarelle sound that
is put forward on "August Undone." Potts' compositions are strikingly rich in
detail (indeed Ryan disclosed to me that a few of the mixes on this record made
use of all 64 tracks on his DAW). However, these are compositions that never
become muddy or unfocused, remaining instead truly effervescent, full of nuance
and subtlety. "This Is No Monument" recalls the halcyon days of C/Psi/P-era
Birchville Cat Motel, with a massive wall of guitar distortion and distant
chimes slowly dissolving into cascading chords and radiant, microtonal drones.
"Clockless Hours," the stunning closer, features a welcome appearance by cellist
Brandon Wiarda and brings the album to a lovely and apt dΘnouement. In the end,
"August Undone" is a brave step forward by a musician who is never content to
rest upon his laurels.
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