we were ALL rooting for you (ft. dean blunt)

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Dean Blunt - Lily (Back 2 Godhead)

Hiwatt prod. Dean Blunt

YVES TUMOR — Serpent Music
Format: LP / Digital
Cat.No: PAN 73
Release Date: 23 September 2016

http://p-a-n.org/

The enigmatic Tennessee-raised, Turin-based Yves Tumor presents a poignant new album, recorded between Miami, Leipzig, Los Angeles and Berlin over the past three years. 

Evolved from a diverse and prolific creative history under an expansive plethora of covert aliases via various forward-thinking labels, 'Yves Tumor' emerges as his most personal and matured incarnation to date.

With involvement across various artistic outlets expanding to fashion such as a visceral live performance for LA's Hood By Air earlier this year, the global artist has built a distinctly bold personal aesthetic both musically and visually as a performer.

Painstakingly written from pieces developed upon since 2013, the new record, titled 'Serpent Music', was initially composed as a soul record - based around delicate and emotive songwriting in various forms. It was a highly difficult project to undertake on both a creative and personal level, weaving thematic links through paranoia, social anxiety, and missing loved ones. "The songs come from a much more emotional and very vulnerable place... They're very close to me and I've been cautious of how I would eventually present them to the world." he explains. 

The album spans sonically diverse and richly-textured pieces, formed from live, organic instruments, samples and various field recordings. Dreamlike lo-fi psychedelia sits alongside broken electronic experimentations, ambient compositions between abrasive noise offer insight into a haunting otherworld. From melodic choral vocals and soaring synths, to screeching guitar riffs, dramatic spoken word samples and live drumming, 'Serpent Music' evidently moves through a strange and intriguing personal journey.

The album is mastered and cut by Rashad Becker at D&M, featuring photography by Daniel Sannwald.

Serpent Music

Yves Tumor - The Feeling When You Walk Away (PAN 73)

“Day’s End” (also titled, “Longest Day’s End”) is another Actuel original, from approx 1983, that was never released and was lost until a few years ago when found and posted online by friend, Allen Sullivant on his website,  < http://www.nashville80srock.net >. The version posted here was recently found, on a tape made at the studio, same mix but better audio quality. This recording was not entirely finished, some of the vocals probably would have been redone, but hopefully the song comes across. With Stephen Anderson: guitars, vocals; Gary Rabasca: bass; Søren Berlev: drums.

Actuel studio

Day’s End- Actuel

This is a remastered version of the song ‘Until Another Time’ from the Actuel LP: ‘Monuments’. It’s the same recording that’s on the record, but basically the sound has been restored to that of the original recording, with perhaps more presence than on the vinyl version. 
Stephen Anderson: guitars, vocals; Gary Rabasca: bass; Soren Berlev: drums.

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