Shadow

New Woof

lewis - i thought the world of you
scott walker - on your own again
swv - rain 
arthur russell - see-through
dean blunt - the narcissist (ft. inga copeland)
oval - glossy
sweet trip - fruitcake and cookies
dream - what we gonna do about us
cristian vogel - remyxamatosis
ricky eat acid - “can you see its bloom”
the blue nile - the downtown lights
terry callier - what color is love
alexander o’neal - if you were here tonight (machinedrum edit)
radiohead - the gloaming (seablaze edit)
say anything - wow i can get sexual too (dj foot massage edit)
daedelus - curtains don’t talk
addison groove - footcrab
xxyyxx - fields (dj foot massage edit)
dj rashad - everybody
dj dj booth - heaven (ag cook remix)
daniel bedingfield - gotta get through this
spectre waltz - lapse 
anne laplantine - semuin [start no04]
donny hathaway - someday we’ll all be free

optimist [80min mix]

"you only have to look at the medusa straight on to see her. and she's not deadly. she's beautiful and laughing..."

- hélène cixous

mastered by warren hildebrand

Medusa

Flood You

recorded in chicago, IL in january 2012 
nick zanca - production, guitar, violin, rhodes, paulstretch, laptop, apartment

False Astronomy

Morgan

Nick Zanca – lead vocals, Rhodes, piano, Casio SK-1, production
Harrison Lipton - backing vocals, hook, atmospheres
Bridgette Lemoine - backing vocals 


co-written with Harrison Lipton 
https://soundcloud.com/harrisonlipton

/ / / 

On your best behavior. On your last of nerves. Down to your last paper, you get what you deserve. Tell me, is this still high enough? Within your indecision, see nothing’s turned to dust. Show a little backbone. This ribbon is barely cut. You must trust yourself before they can trust you.

/ / /

The second Mister Lies album, SHADOW, is available October 28th through Orchid Tapes on 12" vinyl / cassette tape / digital download. 

Preorder vinyl here: http://orchidtapes.bigcartel.com/product/mister-lies-shadow-12



High (ft. Harrison Lipton)

'Shadow' was written and produced by Nick Zanca 
between June 2012 – April 2014 
in Chicago IL, Ludlow VT, Vancouver WA 
and several bedrooms and hotel rooms in between. 

Mastering – Warren Hildebrand 
Artwork, design and photography – Brian Vu 

Thank you to the Orchid Tapes family for letting me talk too much, 
to Malcom Lacey and Patrick Snead for providing workspace, 
to Nolan Andrea, Rafa Alvarez, Marcel Everett, Warren Hildebrand, Owen Mallon and Sam Ray for creative input, 
to Chris Crowley, Julia Duray and Katie Zanca for emotional and logistical support, 
and to all the listeners. 

Nymph

Deepend

A Room Without

Pill

Stuck / Ouija Fade (ft. Arrange)

Push Becoming Shove

as we've been busy wrapping up this next release, i've been experimenting a lot with improvised ambient keyboard textures on a tascam 4-track tape recorder. here is one of them~

i recorded and mixed this on the afternoon of april 14th, 2016 with treated wurlitzer electric piano and a roland d-50 synthesizer. enjoy!


Nevoa

mastered by alex thompson 
artwork by nick zanca

buy here: https://misterlies.bandcamp.com/track/half-awake

Half Awake

Here is a new ambient track, Shinrinyoku (森林浴). Today's Bandcamp proceeds will go to the Transgender Law Center. Download here and pay what you can. 

https://misterlies.bandcamp.com/track/shinrinyoku

This will be the last Mister Lies release for a while. There's some other new music coming very, very soon that I'm excited to tell you about. Sit tight.

Shinrinyoku (森林浴)

Cleam

production: Mister Lies
vocals / lyrics: Jessica Blanchet

Stone sinking under. I falter without a thought. To say I've been hung is straying from the plot, but I walk. With shallow voices, misplacing lines on the clock. Turning our hands, whimpering doubts. No talk. Faulty goodbyes, medicated and taught. Deprecating lies. I falter without a thought, but I walk.

I Walk (ft. Jessica Blanchet)

a summer drone 

treated wurlitzer electric piano recorded in one take, july 2018

an album coming... soon 

download: https://misterlies.bandcamp.com/album/crimson-music

Crimson Music

https://misterlies.bandcamp.com/track/the-commuter

a track from my new batch,
the first of many to come.

a meditation on
MTA daydreams
(and nightmares).

the ride is the same,
the trains are all different.

bandcamp / soundcloud exclusive (for now),
pay what you want,
no label, no premieres, no fanfare,
streaming services can wait.

recorded at home in queens,
mastered by simon lancelot in paris.

please download at
the best possible quality,
and play loud.

The Commuter

MISTER LIES (pre-master)

Heart Food

Upstate And Empty (ft. Abbi Press)

Housekeeping

Need A Moment

Speedboat

MOWGLI - 2/26/2013

what you crave / a voice from silence
what you crave / on replay
face yourself
takes time / to trust what you see
the cold lines / that form what's to be
what you crave

Hounded (ft. Exitmusic)

jaap vink - en dehors
francesco messina - prati bagnati del monte analogo
claire rousay - things you’ve said you like
moniek darge - sand
derek bailey + jamie muir - carminative
baudouin oosterlynck - refuge
valerio tricoli - the hollowed receiver
amirtha kidambi + lea bertucci - brood
françois bayle - erosphère
oval - do while (jim o’rourke remix)
costin miereanu - piano-miroir
pauline oliveros - the well
garrett list - your own self
francesco messina - prati bagnati del monte analogo (again)
jaap vink - en dehors (again)

en dehors (mix)

louis cole and genevieve artadi make some sweet tunes. listen to them here: http://www.youtube.com/louisgenevieve

Magichour (ft. KNOWER)

New York-based producer, composer and sound artist Nick Zanca has been releasing music under the name Mister Lies since 2012. The project began in a Chicago dorm room with the release of a four-track EP, Hidden Neighbors – over the years, his music has inhabited a specific intersection between intimacy and atmosphere in a maximalist mosaic of field recordings, sample-based textures, glitchy synthetic soundscapes and nocturnal pop songs. Zanca currently lives in Queens and is a founding member of the band Quiet Friend.

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