faded
One long mystical demixification of our album fade by the ever-brilliant Stephen Philips, owner and proprietor of Dark Duck Records. Stephen has been creating and producing musick for over 27 years and we are greatly honored and pleased to have been able to work with him on this new release. Our thanks and gratitude go out to him for his kindess and support.
Broken into three tracks for easier listening, this album is best enjoyed as one long, continuous piece of slowly-evolving, gently moving, trance-inducing beauty. Mixed entirely as one piece, it it an even more peaceful and ambient work than the original.
Using sound sources created by the duo Austere, "Faded" is a
collaboration between the enigmatic pair and Dark Duck founder Stephen
Philips. It's a very interesting collaboration as both parties come from
similar drone minded locations and share a number of the same musical
values, so much so that during the length of the disc it becomes difficult
to distinguish the work of each artist. To that end "Faded" is a wonderful
disc featuring three unnamed long form tracks that showcase the talents of
all parties involved as a solid unit.
rik - PiNG THiNGS
More mood musick for the space generation.
Samples & Reviews can be found here.
Available for sale through the Hypnos Online Store, CD Baby, PiNG THiNGS (Canada) & Dark Duck Records.
More information on faded available at Discogs.com.
It's far more diffuse and shapeless than the original, if that's possible... like being suspended in the world's thickest fogbank, with no familiar signpost, no human voice, no birdcall, no traffic-noise to orient you to your surroundings...
In the atmosphere surrounding Jupiter, there's a layer of hydrogen too dense to be considered atmosphere, yet too thin to qualify as a true liquid-- matter that exists forever in this in-between state. That's kinda what "faded" is like."
"Track 1 captures a dark and dreamy dronescape where variations, details and shapes evolve and become more apparent over time. Being surrounded by a piece like this for so long, the listener is inspired to listen for more, to become more aware of their surroundings and environment and ultimately becomes more concious not only of their musical background, but also of their perceptions of their own space. An engaging and thought provoking work.
Track 2 mixes seemlessly out of 1, maintaining a similar feeling and introducing new ideas. While it's happened very casually, very simply, the listener has been placed in a new location, a new space and it's apparent. Slightly higher tones begin to invade the space and greater variation becomes apparent in the themes of the piece.
Track 3 finds us in a slightly more frenetic, more active location where tones and sounds are more pronounced and apparent. Given the new shape and style of the work, this track feels almost melodic in some respects, a greater musicality coming through in the feel of the piece where elements from both earlier tracks play and dodge around eachother. It works very effectively, a successful blend of sounds that satisfies and resolves with the listener.
As I mentioned earlier, "faded" is a wonderful showcase for the
combined talents of both Phillips and Austere, a collection of music that
both shares ideas with its individual members work, as well as creating a
new sound hybrid that takes it's members in new directions and ideas.
It's an impressive disc and I hope that there will be more such
collaborations to come from this trio."