Artist.......: Pale Blue
Album........: The Past We Leave Behind
Label........: 2MR
Genre........: Electronic
Catnr........:
Source.......: WEB
Rip.date.....: 2015-04-20
Str.date.....: 2015-04-14
Quality......: 320kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://https://paleblue2mr.bandcamp.com
track title time
1. The Past We Leave Behind 5:14
2. The Scars 4:20
3. Distance To The Waves 4:36
4. Mia 1:40
5. Tougher 6:15
6. Myself 6:21
7. The Scars (Reprise) 2:26
8. Dusk In Parts 6:25
9. The Math 5:50
10. Rain 7:36
11. The Eye 3:50
12. Embrace 5:55
13. One Last Thing 6:16
Runtime 66:44
Size 155.37
Release Notes:
Mike Simonetti split from Italians Do It Better (Chromatics, Glass Candy) to
focus on his new project, Pale Blue, as well as his new venture: the freshly
minted label 2MR (Two Mikes Records). A collaboration between Simonetti and
Captured Tracks, 2MR is an opportunity for Simonetti to start from a blank slate
and release music he believes in.
The first release on 2MR will be The Past We Leave Behind, the debut album from
Pale Blue.
During the writing process of Capricorn Rising, Simonetti was asked to remix
tracks from the West Coast twosome Silver Hands. Immediately taken by the
incredible range of lead-vocalist Elizabeth Wight, he reached out to
collaborate. The result of the bi-coastal email exchange would eventually become
Pale Blue.
Pale Blue, referencing the term ôPale Blue Dotö, coined by Carl Sagan to refer
to a photograph of planet Earth taken by the Voyager 1 space probe in 1990, was
originally conceived around the time that Hurricane Sandy hit New York and came
to completion with SimonettiÆs severance from Italians Do It Better. Thus, many
of the tracks that make up The Pastà grapple with themes of loss and new
beginnings.
The Pastà encompasses a myriad of sonic elements, ranging from rhythmic, melodic
techno to atmospheric ambient productions, while also incorporating SimonettiÆs
varied background in noise, drone, and even experimental dream pop. Above it all
though, WightÆs vocals remain the focal point, saturating the record with a lush
melodic warmth thatÆs so often missing in the electronic world.
Musically, Pale Blue is a response to modern dance music and its constant
fluctuations. It intentionally bears no obvious singles, nor club hits. While
Simonetti, Wight and Jana Hunter (vocals on ôDusk in Partsö) remain at its core,
Pale BlueÆs philosophy is to keep everything open to collaboration. It does not
aim to pigeonhole itself into a genre or any new vistas in music, but instead to
a unifying sound produced collectively and harmoniously.
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