Twine-Violets
RLS DATE.......: 02.01.2009
GENRE..........: Electronic
LABEL..........: n/a
CATNUM.........: n/a
URL............: n/a
SiZE...........: 77,6 MB
TYPE...........: Album
QUALiTY........: avg.kbps, 44,1kHz, Joint, LAME
SOURCE.........: CDDA
TRACKS.........: 10
TOTAL LENGHT...: 58:51 min
TRACKLIST & NOTES
Greg Malcolm and Chas Mossholder met in high school
in the late eighties and began collaborating as
Twine toward the end of the nineties, after having
spent part of their formative years in various
bands. Their first album, Reference, was released
on AdAstra in 1999 and was quickly followed by
Resource, a split album with Horchata. Since, the
pairÆs complex and emotional mix of glitch, dense
atmospherics, reminiscent of 4AD at its haunting
peak, and intricate electronic structures adorned
with found sounds, has been constantly refined,
redefined, and applied on three magnificent albums,
released over a three year period, from Circulation
(Komplott, 2001), to Recorder (Bip-Hop, 2002) and
Twine (Ghostly, 2003). Since, despite being
announced for over three years, Violets had
remained mysteriously out of GhostlyÆs release
schedule, until now.
Right from the albumÆs opening sequence, as a
lonely electric guitar is caught between a stormy
backdrop and occasional dense swathes of treated
guitars, Twine revive the vastly emotional and
seismic soundscapes of their previous opus and
continue to polish a sound which, although deeply
reliant on electronics, actually focuses primarily
on structural layers of electric guitars treated to
various levels. Sounding like the ghost of My
Bloody Valentine, stripped of distortions and
noise, with its emotional essence and scope intact
and laid bare, Twine weave a series of harrowingly
beautiful instrumental pieces which they ornate
with excerpts of phone conversations, monologues
and crowd noises. On Endormie, Cranes singer Alison
Shaw is found murmuring in her best French about
feeling on the edge of sleep and dreams while
ominous clouds of drones, treated guitars and
clicks develop in the background.
As the album progresses, the atmosphere becomes
denser and darker, especially on tracks such as In
Through The Devices, Violets or the epic Lightrain
and the minimal structures drawn by Malcolm and
Mossholder feel more spacious and vast, while
remaining at the same time deeply claustrophobic
and oppressive. But Twine donÆt content themselves
with creating stark atmospheric pieces, and, deep
amidst thick layers of textures flourish subtle
melodies, which develop almost imperceptibly, at
times eventually emerging entirely from the sonic
fog and radiating glowing warmth over the pairÆs
post industrial formations, at others remaining
hidden below the surface, growing like a cancer or
snaking their way through arrhythmic pieces.
With Malcolm living in Baltimore, Maryland, and
Mossholder in Boulder, Colorado, Violets was, very
much like its predecessors, recorded as the pair
exchanged files over the net and added layer after
layer of textures and depth to their compositions.
This certainly contributes to the impression of
extreme fine detailing that prevails throughout. On
Violets, Twine take the dense and moody soundscapes
of its predecessor and amplify them, accentuate the
relief and depth of their music, but, crucially,
loose nothing of the emotional scope that gave
their previous work its gravitas. While it has been
a long wait, Violets proves that the flame that has
kept Twine alive until now deserves to burn
brighter than ever.
ENJOY THiS RELEASE AND TURN UP YOUR STEREO!
01 small 02:12
02 endormie 08:20
03 in through the devices 05:29
04 disconnected 05:54
05 from memory 01:53
06 violets 08:39
07 halo 05:32
08 longsided 06:54
09 lightrain 12:37
10 something like eternity 01:21
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TOTAL PLAYTiME: 58:51
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