Artist ....... Ben Frost
Album ........ Steel Wound
Genre ........ Electronic
Source ....... CDDA
Label ........ Room 40
Catalog Nr. .. RM 403
Release Date . Oct-22-2007
Tracks ....... 01
Length ....... 47:21 min
Quality ...... VBRkbps 44.1kHz
Mode ......... Joint-Stereo
Encoder ...... LAME 3.97 final
Size ......... 66,8 MB
Link ......... www.room40.org
Rls Notes
Since his earliest days, Ben Frost has been
fascinated by the cinematic qualities of the
guitar. His output to this point has hinted
at this, but with Steelwound he makes a bold
statement of intent.
Finding his way to a deserted stretch of
Johanna Beach along the Great Ocean Road
(Victoria, Australia) in early 2003 Frost set
up a remote studio at a derelict cabin
overlooking the icy waters of Bass Strait.
With a constant wind flowing off the sea his
only companion, Frost started work on a
series of improvisations that would
eventually become Steelwound. A few months go
by and Frost has made his way back to
civilization. He begins editing the masses of
treated guitar from the Johanna Beach
improvisations and before long a theme takes
hold - one that very much reflects the
isolation of the environment where the tracks
were created.
Each of the pieces on Steelwound is a epic
journey, coloured with a deep sense of filmic
narrative and suggested dialogues. The
textural quality of the works, laced with
field recordings and lost vocal fragments,
sketches out the emotional soundscapes Frost
had unwittingly gathered during his time at
Johanna Beach. Each piece is a splintered
fragment in time - a forgotten memory
beautifully rediscovered in a moment of
introspection.
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Ben Frost - Steel Wound
01 Ben Frost - Swarm
02 Ben Frost - ...I Lay My Ear to Furious Latin
03 Ben Frost - You, Me And the End of Everything
04 Ben Frost - Steel Wound
05 Ben Frost - Last Exit to Brooklyn
06 Ben Frost - And I Watched You Breath