ARTIST: Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom
TITLE: The Days Of Mars
LABEL: DFA
GENRE: Electronic
BITRATE: 203kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 50min total
RELEASE DATE: 2005-10-00
RIP DATE: 2005-08-04
Track List
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01. Rise 12:58
02. 13 Moons 11:15
03. Relevee 13:32
04. Black Spring 12:56
Release Notes:
"We just decided we were gonna have fun together, recognizing in each
other an eagerness to make something happen. So we just danced all
night together, when nobody else danced."
That is how Gavin Russom recounts the first time he met Delia
Gonzalez and both have without a doubt channeled that same energy
into their art ever since. After years of experimenting in various
areas-- from film to set design to modern dance-- the two have
announced the release of their first full-length album on New York
electro-dance powerhouse label DFA.
Gonzalez and Russom are part of the DFA beat-bending artists that
include Black Dice, LCD Soundsystem, and the Juan MacLean, among
others. The duo are set to release the album, Days of Mars, in
October. The album will have only four tracks, but it is probably
more accurate to describe each song as a "voyage" rather than a
simple track.
Days of Mars will also feature the track "Rise", which appeared on
the latest DFA compilation. Russom describes his hope for the album
as "a spiritual experience that [takes] you somewhere," something
that seems perfectly natural after their single from 2004, "El
Monte", a meditational raga masked in continuous and hypnotizing
electrosynth beats. The album, the title of which is a reference to
the novel of the same name by author Winifred Bryher, will expand
upon analog synthesizer to work its way beyond the audio and into
visual formation according to the duo. "Since everything we do is
theatrical, our music becomes like a soundtrack," Gonzalez
explains. In fact, the two are also now working on a short film for
the album's third track, "Relevee".