a r t i s t : Yellow6
t i t l e : Ion-e
d a t e : 2006
l a b e l : Unlabel (un52006/52)
g e n r e : Ambient
r l s. d a t e : Jun/2007
t r a c k s : 02
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 34,2 MB
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Welcome to unlabel series52! This is number 52, released on
December 25, 2006.
Artist Info:
Yellow6 - yellow6 has at times been described as post-rock,
space-rock, electronica, shoegaze, ambient... The reality is
that Yellow6 has some similarity with each of those genres but
is not so easily definable, using apects of drone, repetition,
melody, harmony, noise and silence to create absorbing
soundscapes to drift off into.
yellow6 was created out of necessity in the mid-'90s, the
necessity to make guitar music not confined to rock song
structures, and the necessity of circumstance to be a solo
artist. Jon Attwood is a guitarist who grew up with Punk in
the London suburbs, playing in the early '80s London Punk
scene with a number of bands. Landing in the mid-'90s with no
band he started to experiment with guitar sounds, drones and
loops, resulting in a debut single release in 1998 on
Enraptured Records. This was followed by a number of single,
compilation and EP releases on many labels, with a debut album
in 2000, also taking yellow6 into the live arena that year.
Over the following years, yellow6 has amassed over 50 releases
on nearly as many labels across the globe, remixed or been
remixed by many similar artists (Charles Atlas, Tristeza,
Rothko, Maps and Diagrams, Amp, Bauri, Portal, Port-Royal) and
played live shows in the UK, Europe and North America with
Tarentel, Tristeza, This Is Your Captain Speaking, Televise,
ISAN, Christ, Jessica Bailiff and Charles Atlas.
2007 brings the first album for Resonant, 'Painted Sky' and a
number of other releases...
'ion-e' brings yellow6 to Unlabel; this single 40 minute track
is released as the final installment in the Unlabel series52.
The idea of a single 40 minute track, written and recorded in
one six-hour session (bar an overdub or two and some mixing
the following day) may sound a bit daunting and, most likely,
a bit self indulgent. Being a solo artist and recording what I
like is totally self indulgent as I have no-one to please but
myself. Having said that, I like this recording and, if you
like yellow6, you should too. It gives a pretty good idea of
what yellow6 is about (guitars mainly), and it's got a track
marker somewhere in the middle as a handy break to make
coffee!
The series52 Concept:
While chatting on the phone back in September 2005 the two
people who run Unlabel decided to do this...
During 2006 Unlabel is releasing a series of 52 CD albums -
one every week of the year, all by people who aren't connected
with us (i.e. none of our regular artists), to include all
genres that we cover from the usual guitar based music -
acoustic and alt. country to post-rock / math-rock, hardcore
and beyond, piano, electronica / idm through to ambient,
glitch, microsound, gabber, industrial / noise, soundscapes
and anything else that takes our fancy, each in a strictly
limited edition of just 100 copies.
We decided to do something slightly different - instead of
focusing on local artists, as has been traditional with
Unlabel, we opened this project up to submissions from all
over the world. It is entirely separate from the usual
catalogue of releases and will run as a new offshoot of the
unlabel family.
The idea is to release work by unknown artists who may not
otherwise be recognised at all alongside a handful of
carefully selected guests, including a few names which may be
familiar due to their other releases elsewhere. We receive
quite a few demos these days from all over the world and it
will be good to work with some of these people and to document
music (albeit in a small way) that may not otherwise be
noticed at all...
Each 'album' in this project includes at least 8 tracks OR at
least 30 minutes of material and obviously quality control is
being kept to a high standard.
All releases are packaged in distinctive matching artwork with
the musical artists' own image on the front and two images
from Unlabel on the back - including one of a landscape
photographed every week over the 12 months of 2006 and all
pictures are professionally printed on high gloss photo paper.
Each sleeve is hand numbered and every CD includes a diary
page insert for the relevant week of the year, which can be
filled in and returned to Unlabel to win a unique prize. There
are also inserts from the artists and Unlabel making each one
of these fine discs a collector's item.
http://www.unlabel.net/series52.htm
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01-Ion-e (Part 1) [23:36]
02-Ion-e (Part 2) [16:08]
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39:44 min