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I Lie - David Lang

live audio recording from an instrumental show at the Chapel - fall 2013.

Opening (Philip Glass) Live At Chapel 2013

Metamorphosis Two, from Philip Glass' Solo Piano album composed in 1989. This part is also the theme from the film The Hours and is also used in the film The Thin Blue Line (Houston Skyline).

Live video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFYPNwEs698

The instrument is a Clavia Nord Stage 2 using a sampled Yamaha C7 grand piano, with reverb, delay, and some dark synth.

Updated with a better take on June 13, 2014.

Video

Philip Glass - Metamorphosis Two [piano + synth]

EYES WIDE PEELED

Lars Danielsson - Liberetto II - I Tima

Live Performance by Li-Chun Hsiao and Alpaca String Ensemble.

Philip Glass: Façades (1981)

Leviathan 2014 Sound Track
From Album "Akhnaten" By  "Philip Glass"
Act 1 Prelude Refrain Verse 1 Verse 2

Leviathan 2014 SoundTrack - Akhnaten / Philip Glass

Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst - Recruit
Cottweiler Autumn / Winter 15
Photo: Winter Vandenbrink

Bandcamp: http://smarturl.it/hh-recruit-bcamp
YouTube: http://youtu.be/fUEq1OOiqBM

©2015 RVNG Intl. / Holly Herndon

Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst - Recruit

01 Disquiet Movement I

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Taken from the Lex Tertia EP, released 30th March 2015 on Werkdiscs / Ninja Tune.

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The First Time He Thought, He Died

Helena Hauff - 'The First Time He Thought, He Died'

Arvo Pärt - My Heart's In The Highlands

My official remix of Max Richter's wonderful Path 5.  Taken from the Sleep Remixes EP released by Deutsche Grammophon.

Sleep Remixes

Max Richter: Path 5 - Digitonal's Theo In Dreamland Mix

The Hours Suite - Philip Glass

Buy / Stream Album: https://lnk.to/wsmsettlers

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'Settlers' is the new album from Western Skies Motel in a limited edition of 170 gatefold 180gram vinyl, CD and digital formats.  'Settlers' was mastered for vinyl and digital by Taylor Deupree, with master lacquers cut by Roger Siebel at SAE.  The first 50 Vinyl & CD's ordered come with a bonus EP, 'Generations' mastered by Kirk Marrison of Kiln.

In the dry desert of Arizona that Lost Tribe Sound calls home, a letter is received from guitarist René Gonzàlez Schelbeck who’s eager to share a collection of intimately composed songs, titled 'Settlers'. Upon listening, we are immediately enthralled. There’s a timeworn, arid, and almost badlands quality to Schelbeck’s hypnotic, cyclical guitar style. It seems to perfectly capture the lonely, barren landscape of the American West. 

Yet, there are curious dynamics at play here as Schelbeck, who makes music under the alias Western Skies Motel, is from Denmark and far removed from any upbringing in the rough-hewn Americana style of folk guitar. Conceivably, his music has more in common with the lonesome, calculated tone of Berlin's modern classical scene or the rainy day folk of the UK. Those are intriguing parallels, since the collective mood of Western Skies Motel's music would adapt so well to either environment. 

Words hardly do justice to the rich, immersive experience of 'Settlers'; yet a few may help to set the stage. Schelbeck is a remarkably well rounded instrumentalist, who spent his early days losing his hearing in local punk rock bands. This youthful love for walls of sound and discordant guitar squalls survives in his modern sound palette. However, a more mature approach to these techniques brings moments of palpable tension, adding in uneasy waves of guitar feedback and droning harmonium. 

But ultimately, the truth of what Schelbeck hopes to convey through his music may rest rmly in his subconscious. In hindsight, 'Settlers' is about moving between worlds: not in the dimensional sense, but more as a constant change in form. Each influence and sound Schelbeck incorporates into his music feels native to the delicate ecosystem of these songs and each turn feels as organic and nuanced as that of the natural world. Just as a tree’s leaves wither and fall; a fire sparks and expands only to expend its last bit of fuel, extinguished and left for ash. So true are the parallels we find in our own existence, the complex ritual of growing old and returning to dirt. Decay is inevitable for all life, yet through this it becomes the rich soil for all things proceeding. Western Skies Motel's weighty instrumental mantras may root in this and other meanings yet to be culled. One thing is clear, this music contains signicant power, and, regardless of our conceived themes or geographic locations, it tells a story that is lasting and instantly familiar. 

'Settlers' sees a 180-gram heavy weight gatefold release very similar to the recent Mute Forest debut, 'Deforestation'. The acetate and test pressings were scrutinized for anomalies on world-class vinyl setups at Arizona’s esteemed audio dealer, Arizona Hi-Fi.

Western Skies Motel is building upon a busy year in 2015, having released two very different full-length albums 'Prism' (Preserved Sound) and 'Buried and Resurrected' (Twice Removed).

Settlers

Whirl

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Western Skies Motel - Whirl (from Settlers)

Cum Dederit

Dedicated to the expansion of repertoire for women’s voices, Lorelei Ensemble works to expose lesser-known early music from the Medieval through Baroque periods, while collaborating with living composers to produce innovative programming that speaks to a wider audience.

I Lie - David Lang

Lorelei Ensemble

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