RUINS

EURYDICE

artist: wodwo
title: veils
catalog: eR012
release date: 16/12/2022

release type: ep
series: eRecords digital series
playing speed: 45 rpm

written and produced by ray robinson
mastered by james edward armstrong
cover artwork by sydney rae
art and design by harry towell
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eRecords are a series of digital editions which aim to transform the digital format into something that can be experienced in a similar way to a listener’s interaction with a real, whitelabel vinyl record. Each edition includes a special PDF scrapbook including polaroids and liner notes and you will only be able to find out more about the themes and ideas about each record, once you’ve downloaded them.

veils

eR012 wodwo - men in wooden ships

7. SLOW - FAST

There are many things that we cannot accurately perceive, and the concept of "time" is probably one of them. Since ancient times, many philosophers and thinkers have explored the topic of "time," but I believe that we still do not understand time itself, let alone changes in time.

Suppose you meet a friend for the first time in 10 years. You will start with "How have you been?" or "What are you doing now?" Then you would gradually start talking about different things, trying to make up for the 10-year gap, forgetting about yourself. You left the house with plenty of time to spare, but before you knew it, it was time to go to your next destination. Such an experience is quite common. You have lost control of yourself in the midst of regular time because your consciousness has been diverted to an unexpected turn of events.

If you are listening to this track and your consciousness is directed to something other than the track, and the stronger that consciousness is, the less likely you are to notice the changes that are occurring in the track.

Our innate ability to perceive is not that strong, and the world is full of things that we cannot find unless we actively seek them out.

Produced by Hidekazu Imashige
Cover Art by Hidekazu Imashige

Transition 7

Unearth a unique choral perspective, curated by Grammy-winning composer and conductor, Eric Whitacre. 19 singers, 245 techniques, captured at AIR Studios and pushed to breathtaking new extremes.

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The Offering Must Be Made - Dan Keen

This previously unreleased track can be found on the Side B CD that comes with the book, "Time Released Sound: A Decade Of Handmade Music Packaging”. Pre-orders start on November 18th, 2023.

Time Released Sound: A Decade Of Handmade Music Packaging (CD 2)

Hoshiko Yamane "The Distance Between You, The Difference In Time"

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Ocean Horizon By Emmanuel Jacob

Coloring Outside the Lines

Adrian Lane, from Southend, Essex, UK returns to Whitelabrecs with his latest masterpiece, 'Vignettes' following ‘The Fleet’ (2021) and ‘Missing The Crows’ (2022). Having previously released with respected labels like Preserved Sound, Hibernate, Oscarson and Chitra, Adrian’s musical journey now spans 13 albums, not to mention the music he self-releases from time to time.

Adrian Lane's musical career began in his teenage years playing in bands before ultimately evolving into an 11-year solo career. His creative process involves recording and mixing at home, blending acoustic instruments with synths and virtual elements, whilst simultaneously exploring visual art ideas to accompany his music. Drawing inspiration from a diverse array of genres, his influences include luminaries such as Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Johan Johannson, Hildur Gudnadottir, and Ryuichi Sakamoto.

'Vignettes' is a captivating exploration of Lane's sonic landscape. The album features work created using a minimal studio setup, with a focus on piano and strings. Musically, there are two distinct aspects to the album. Roughly half the tracks revolve around the piano, while the other half are string quartet-based, showcasing Lane's ability to compose using counterpoint and the techniques of stretto fuga. The interplay between the piano and strings creates a dynamic journey for the listener and this is enhanced by the fact that the instruments vary between real and virtual.

True to its name, 'Vignettes' unfolds like a series of evocative snapshots. 'Vignette: a brief evocative description, account, or episode' - The dictionary definition pretty much describes the conceptual approach for this album. It gathers together a collection of musical vignettes, each track telling a story or setting a mood in a concise period, inspired by haiku poems; the pieces capture fleeting moments of emotional depth. The work is complete with Adrian’s own photomontage artwork, which is used across the three panels of the gatefold sleeve.

Vignettes

WLR156 Adrian Lane - Vignettes

Stasis - Harnek Mudhar

Solstice (naked) - Oliver Patrice Weder

"Black-east from the crow" - cold, dry east wind (Galloway) / stone shed (West Cornwall)

Music by Bethan Kellough
Artwork by Gregory Euclide

Place Language is an international non-profit compilation album project inspired by the themes found in Robert Macfarlane’s widely-acclaimed book ‘Landmarks’. In particular it focuses on the book’s extensive topographic glossaries, the “word-hoard” of depictive landscape terms gathered from 30 different languages, dialects and sub-dialects around Britain & Ireland and divided into sections by type of terrain (Flatlands, Uplands, Waterlands, Coastlands, Underlands, Northlands, Edgelands, Earthlands and Woodlands). Relying on these topograms, or “tiny place poems”, as creative prompts, Place Language seeks to both inspire a renewed interest in our surroundings and reinvigorate our appreciation for the audible textures & patterns that characterize a place in keeping with the book’s stated desire to “re-wild” our vocabulary.

The collection features the work of 28 different sound-artists, field recordists, and musicians from around the globe each of whom selected a Landmarks topogram and recorded an impression of it thus adding rich new aspects of dimensionality through the act of sonification. These selections cover all nine of the book’s glossaries along with place-words of new coinage as prompted by the blank one which Macfarlane leaves at the end of the book for readers to fill in from their own experience. The end result is a truly global and collaborative survey of place, language, and sound.

More info: stationarytravels.wordpress.com/place-language/

The Offering Must Be Made - Dan Keen

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