Focusing on their craft, staying out of the fray, and holding fast their faith to find new ways to express the discord and delight of being alive, to turn the duality of existence into hymns we can share, Low present HEY WHAT. These ten pieces—each built around their own instantaneous, undeniable hook—are turbocharged by the vivid textures that surround them.The ineffable, familiar harmonies of Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker break through the chaos like a life raft. Layers of distorted sound accrete with each new verse - building, breaking, colossal then restrained, a solemn vow only whispered. There will be time to unravel and attribute meaning to the music and art of these times, but the creative moment looks FORWARD, with teeth.

HEY WHAT is Low’s thirteenth full length release in twenty seven years, and their third with producer BJ Burton.

https://ffm.to/low_heywhat

“Dancer in the Sun, the quickly evolving solo project of Meason Wiley, is here to make you recall the last time you pulled over to observe the sky darkening in a particularly indescribable way.  Though Dancer has begun to gather a full ensemble into its broody, melodic nebula, Wiley seems to also contain a chorus on his own. If you've ever fallen asleep in a hotel room bed, only to find you've woken up into the dream residue of everyone who's ever slept there, Dancer will sound familiar to you. The kind of incantation that stays pressed in the mind long after it's ended, Dancer is a strange lullaby for the restless.”  

Emily Markwiese - A Measured Distance

Feature: https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/09/thee-conductor-and-bonnie-prince-billy-share-video-for-new-song-face-crinkle-watch/

Full Artist Bio: https://spaceflightrecords.com/thee-conductor

New Album Jan. 22.2021 - "Spirit of a Ghost":
The group emerges with 8 new songs and includes the lovely singing of Bonnie Prince Billy, Jana Horn and Will Johnson. Lead by Jason Butler and engineer Justin Douglas (King Electric Recording), the group continues forward movement as a collaborative art project pulling in best friends who are accomplished in their own respective right. The group also includes: The Tosca String Quartet (David Byrne), Michael Patrick St. Clair & Derek Phelps (both of Hard Proof), Vince Delgado (Knife in the Water), Christopher Cox (composer), Sonya Gonzales (Polytrue) & many other wonderful friends.

Counters is an experimental electronic project founded by Meason Wiley (Dead Waiter, Verstehen, The Machine Orchestra).  Using exclusively custom-built generative systems, Counters is an outlet to explore computer-based improvisational techniques in sound design and sonic art.  

www.cyclespersecond.org
www.soundcloud.com/verstehenart
www.soundcloud.com/deadwaiter

Artists:
Emily Rankin - Live Paint, Sketching
Meason Wiley - Live Electronics, Sound, Coding, Circuits
Definition:
Ver·ste·hen /fərˈSHtāən/
German, literally ‘understanding.’ noun: (SOCIOLOGY) An empathic understanding of human behavior.

Description:
This performance series explores various approaches to sonic/visual improvisation, focusing on methods of conversation between two artists of different mediums. Each performance takes a unique approach to real-time
creation of interactive multimedia art in front of an audience. The uniqueness of each piece is dictated by a number of variables that become more complex as the performances progress. There are various interactive/technological components to the work that allow each artist to directly control and/or influence the other performer’s decisions in real-time. For example, the sound of specific performance may be generated through the use of analog sensors, which can detect position of an object on the canvas, as well as track how hard or soft the object is pressing. Additionally, the use of camera-tracking/blob detection of the painter’s motion, color choices, or position of brush on the canvas can be used to manipulate, change, and even generate sound.

We also developed a set of guidelines for communicating during a performance through means of sonic and visual notation, which allowed both of us the ability to alter the direction of the work on the fly by adjusting the
sound, shifting the color, or by changing the brush stroke. These methods of communication are primarily linkedto Emily's chromesthesia, which allows her the unique ability to see sound as specific colors, textures, and shapes. 

www.cyclespersecond.org/#/verstehen 
(link to additional info, stills, and video)

Keeled Scales is a record label deep in the heart of Texas named after a type of snake scale. 

Releases by Lunar Vacation, Katy Kirby, Tenci, Will Johnson, Sun June, Buck Meek, Twain, and more.

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