a r t i s t : Twells And Christensen
t i t l e : Coasts
d a t e : 2010
l a b e l : Digitalis
c a t : DIGIV016
s o u r c e : Vinyl
g e n r e : Psychedelic/Ambient/Drone
r l s. d a t e : Dec/2010
t r a c k s : 02
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 58,8 MB
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Guitar, Vocals - Matt Christensen
Mastered By, Artwork By - John P. Twells*
Vocals, Electronics - John Twells
Recorded in Chicago in 2008 to 8-track.
Mastered at Seventh Door Studio, Massachusetts.
Limited edition of 100 copies on red vinyl, subsequent
editions on black vinyl.
**Vinyl-only release, initial copies come on strictly limited
red vinyl* Some two years in the making and evidently so,
'Coasts' is the compelling collaboration between John Twells
(Xela) and Matt Christensen (Zelienople) for Digitalis
Industries. The two like-minded souls have been recording
their sessions in various forms for years, but the substantial
nature of 'Coasts' meant it just had to be released into the
wider world. These two tracks were recorded over a weekend in
Chicago in 2008 and later mixed at John's Seventh Door studio
outside Boston, rendering two long-playing sides of foggy,
ethereal drone and heavy-listening atmospheres with a
petrified and spectral sensitivity. The opiated ambience of
indistinct synth tones and hovering strings slowly seeps into
bowed, bleak, lonely guitar notes on 'The Crate', dilapidated
layers of ghostly crackle dry-foaming on the surface and
dispersing with the the slow convective flow of electronic
tones washing over the surface. The mood is ultimately calm
and sublimated, almost freed of noticeable human intervention
to sound like the pair just documented some immaculate aural
phenomena. Their presence becomes far more apparent on
'Burning Bridges Together', not least for the ghostly vocals
but also the tangibly expressive, cinematic chords and
hand-sculpted ambient shapes looming in the inky expanses
overhead. It's just an incredible set of recordings - easily
making this one of the most impressive projects either artist
have been involved with. Highly recommended.
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01-The Crate [24:33]
02-Burning Bridges Together [21:46]
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46:19 min