Jason Molina ft. Will Oldham, Alasdair Roberts - 'September 11, 2001'

Read Alasdair’s words behind the recording here: http://bit.ly/jms11_blog

September 11, 2001

Jason Molina ft. Will Oldham, Alasdair Roberts - "September 11, 2001"

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arranged, produced and performed by s. klinker

IntoTheSky

The negative space of a felled axe

Droptime in a fading geometric

NEPHEW IN THE WILD CD/LP/Digital out August 21, 2015
on Orindal Records & Tomlab Records
http://orindal.com (USA)
http://tomlab.com (EU/UK)

It’s been three years since Advance Base’s debut album, A Shut-In’s Prayer, made #19 on MOJO Magazine's Best Albums of 2012 list. Since then, singer, songwriter & multi-instrumentalist Owen Ashworth has published a book of drawings, made beats for Chicago rapper Serengeti, recorded the debut single by psych-folk troubadour Julie Byrne, paid tribute to gospel & outsider music legend Washington Phillips (see 2013’s The World Is In A Bad Fix Everywhere EP), contributed electric piano & co-writing credits to Sun Kil Moon’s critically acclaimed 2014 album, Benji, & produced more than a dozen other releases for his own label, Orindal Records. Ashworth has finally turned his focus back on his own music & given us Nephew in the Wild, the second official album by Advance Base.

Nephew in the Wild is a nostalgic, melancholic & occasionally harrowing collection of lo-fi indie rock & electronic pop. Electric pianos, drum kits, drum machines, autoharps, Omnichords, Optigans, Mellotrons & the occasional guitar lay the foundation for sweetly sad stories about lonely Midwesterners trying to make sense of their troubled pasts. In the world of Nephew in the Wild, the internet hasn’t been invented yet, & a person only has to pack up & move somewhere new if they never want to be heard from again. Disappearance, displacement, hell, child-raising, Christmas, Michigan, arson, aging & animals are reccuring themes throughout the album.

Nephew in the Wild was recorded by Ashworth in his basement in Oak Park, Illinois, with additional instrumentation by Nicholas Krgovich (No Kids, P:ano, Gigi), Mike Adams (Mike Adams at His Honest Weight, husband&wife), Howard Draper (Tre Orsi, Okkervil River, Shearwater) & Mat Sweet (Boduf Songs). Ashworth’s baritone vocals & frank, conversational lyrics sit at the front of the mix throughout nine of Nephew in the Wild’s ten songs, while guest vocalist Jody Weinmann takes the lead on the album’s only co-write, “My Love for You is Like a Puppy Underfoot.”

Personnel:
Owen Ashworth: autoharp, bass, drums, drum machines,
electric piano, Omnichord, piano, sampler & vocals
with
Mike Adams: synthesizer (5), drums (9)
Nick Ammerman: autoharp (7)
Edward Crouse: bass (7)
Howard Draper: lap steel guitar (3)
Emma Hospelhorn: bass (2)
Nicholas Krgovich: backing vocals (6), synthesizer (10)
Mat Sweet: guitar (9)
Jody Weinmann: Omnichord & vocals (7)

Produced by Owen Ashworth
Mixed by Owen Ashworth & Matthew Barnhart
Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk

Pamela (album version)

Odd Nosdam - Sisters
LP|VHS|DIGI out February 26th, 2016

PRE-ORDER
iTunes: http://apple.co/1SSBZrM
Bandcamp: http://bit.ly/1RUXVCm

Odd Nosdam makes his second appearance on Leaving Records and greets 2016 with Sisters. Throughout, Nosdam splits his time between cosmic, slow burning beats and reflective soundscapes littered with intriguing textures and mind bending samples. Analogue sounds are generous and knowingly manipulated. Gorgeous samples are deployed, sturdy yet emotional. Cymbals explode. 

Already a long revered figure in underground beats, in the last several years Odd Nosdam has been able to test his new productions on the world class sound system of Low End Theory. Much of Sisters was inspired by those room shaking sonics, so it is fitting that kindred spirit Teebs makes an appearance here in a dreamy collaboration. Although Sisters contains plenty of absolute bangers, its quieter moments also stun with their hypnotic beauty. 

Nosdam writes of the inspiration for the title track, "when the sun finally breaks through on an overcast day, Sisters was very much inspired by that wonderful moment… and the longing for it." 

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