Artist : Lovesliescrushing
Title : CRWTH (Chorus Redux)
Genre : Electronic
Year : 2010
Date : 05/2010
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 12
Label : Line
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 69:53 min
Size : 68,1 MB
Tracklist:
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01.DZAI 04:32
02.GLNKQ 03:22
03.ZRENE 03:09
04.QLINGLO 04:15
05.VRHHU 06:30
06.LAUJL VFX 05:18
07.RHVR 05:03
08.SOLH 02:55
09.NAUV 07:12
10.SHEMERR 06:55
11.FLRM 11:34
12.VIAUX 09:08
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69:53 min
"Through their use of low tech means and
focusing on the blending of guitar noise
and electronic voice processing,
Lovesliescrushing can be seen as the
early 'missing link' between the likes
of Slowdive and Fennesz. Their output
has been consistently and beautifully
crafted... works that contain an element
of sonic mystery and still sound
timeless. Lovesliescrushing is an
important, if perhaps overlooked, point
in the timeline of contemporary
electronic music."
- Richard Chartier
Lovesliescrushing, a seminal group
formed in 1991 by Scott Cortez and
Melissa Arpin-Duimstra, defies simple
categorization by fusing elements of
shoegaze, post-rock, ambient, classical,
noise, dream pop, and experimental
music. Achieving a diverse tonal palette
utilizing only guitar and voice, 4 track
cassette recorders and classic stomp
boxes, they push the boundries of noise
and melody by employing a simple formula
which blends swathes of deconstructed
guitarwash and glossolalic vocals into
densely layered soundscapes.
Their compositions range from full on
distorted noise blasts, reverb-soaked
atmospherics, droning veils of sound,
and ambient instrumental passages, that
defy traditional song structures. With
their penchant for warping the guitar
and voice into new timbres, one could
make the case that lovesliecrushing
predates the current wake of 'new-gazey,
lo-fi, and glitchy set' by more than a
decade.
Ostensibly a 'shoegaze' band,
lovesliescrushing quickly set themselves
apart in the early 1990s by eschewing
drums, bass, and keyboards to
concentrate solely on the barest
remnants of song. By placing emphasis on
minimalist textures through the use of
effects pedals, they decidedly departed
from standard rock forms and the
standard instrumentation of shoegaze
music.
ABOUT CRWTH / CHORUS:
The original release of CHORUS itself
was inspired by a challenge... to make a
Lovesliescrushing album abandoning Scott
Cortez' trademark guitar work and use
only the voice. CHORUS was created by
taking vocal tracks, deconstructing them
via minimal processing, and turning them
into new compositions.
Cortez spliced the voice at the phoneme
level using a tedious cut/paste method,
creating a phonetic dust. These
particles were treated to create a
diverse tonal palette of looped rhythms,
low bass registers, warm drones, clicks,
siren whoops, birdlike whistles and then
arranged to form new delicate figures.
The voice becomes indecipherable
glossolalia, divorced from meaning and
morph into abstract lush tones that
envelop the song like a droning,
luminous cloud.
The "voice as an instrument" was never
truer than on CHORUS, because it is the
sonic material for the music itself,
exploding the songs into ghostly
remnants of their origin, the human
voice.
The original very limited edition was
released only in Peru and highly sought
after. In the process of trying to
obtain a copy of this recording Richard
Chartier contacted Cortez directly.
After long discussions of the work of
Lovesliescrushing, Cortez was asked by
Richard Chartier to do something special
for a LINE release and came up with an
idea to revisit the tracks that comprise
CHORUS. the concept behind CRWTH was to
abstract even further upon an
abstraction. CRWTH is a completely re-
edited take on the material, not merely
a remix album, but an alternate version
of CHORUS, a redux.
The CRWTH cd contains a special coupon
for a free download of CHORUS + 3
(LINE_043b), the full original 14-track
CHORUS release plus 3 additional new
reworks.
Melissa Arpin-Duimstra: voice
Scott Cortez: voice. fx processing
all music composed, arranged and
performed by lovesliescrushing.
voices and voice loops recorded between
1994 and 2001, arranged by Cortez in
2004.
tracks redrawn by Cortez, Summer 2009.
remastered by Taylor Deupree, Fall 2009
Thanks to Richard Chartier, Taylor
Deupree, Robin Guthrie, and Andrew
Prinz.
Photos: Scott Cortez_
selected discography:
Bloweyelashwish - (self-released
cassette) lullaby (1992)
Bloweyelashwish (CD, Album) (Projekt,
US)(1994)
Bloweyelashwish (Cass, Album) (Projekt,
US) (1994)
Youreyesimmaculate (7", Ltd, Pur)
(Projekt, US) (1994)
Xuvetyn (CD) (Projekt, US) (1996)
Glissceule (CD) Sonic Syrup (2002)
Voirshn (CD, Album) (Projekt, US) (2002)
Global And Available (with Freezing
Butterfly)(CD, Album) (Type Records,
Japan) (2003)
Chorus (CD, Album, Ltd) (Automatic
Entertainment, Peru) (2007)
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