"Leaving Your Body" from "Animalistic" by Menteur, 2014
http://menteur.bandcamp.com/album/animalistic

Featuring: 
Luke Murray - Drums 
Ogede Ode - Nylon String Guitar, Ableton Live, Trombone 
Trevor Overman - Computer, Ambient Percussives, Vocals 
Jason Wolonick - Trumpet, Percussion, Vocals 
Sam Brown - Guitar, Percussion, Keyboards, Synths, Trumpet, Vocals 
Corey Bax - Electric Guitar 
Carter Fourqurean - Bass, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Steel String Guitar, Korg Monotron Delay Synth, 4 Track Cassette Deck, Auxiliary Percussion, Looping, Vocals 

Recorded and Mixed Binaurally via Frank Head and Carter Fourqurean, with special thanks to Jesse Moorefield and Mark Robinson in the creation of Frank. 

Produced by Carter Fourqurean

This album is very important to me. I feel like most of the work in this project was not really "music", but more like tonal sound. I feel like with this album, we have finally merged into music, while still keeping some of the stripped down elemental noise that the previous work has.

This album was recorded live in one take, in very dark lighting, in a very hot room, at very high volumes. The only lights were spinning multicolored LED lights (which have mysteriously gone missing in the packing up process after the album was recorded), and the room was sealed off from the rest of the house. It was as if we entered a void when we went in. 

This album is entitled "Animalistic" because, for me at least, I felt like I transformed during the recording process. The vocals are visceral and the music reaches almost ritualistic feelings. It felt like we had all become animals locked in a sound chamber. 

Largely the point of these albums is the experience that occurs in the creation. Just the fact that the people that played together at the same time in the same place is somewhat magical. And then to force them all to push their comfort zones and see what happens is even more of a phenomenon. 

Since the album was designed as a unique experience for the musicians, is was recorded binaurally, like most of our other material, to enable a unique experience for the listener. Binaural recording enables the listener to hear a true field of hearing, such as in front of them and behind them, creating an almost 3D sound field. Basically, we live mixed our space effects in realistic surround sound, so if you wear headphones, it feels like you were standing in that dark sweaty room with us. 

Thank you for listening. Thank you for your support. I love you. We all love you. 
-Carter
www.carterfourqurean.com

"Leaving Your Body" (BINAURAL) - Menteur

We're touring the USA, Canada, and Australia this February - April 2017! Tickets and info here: www.vallisalps.com/live ❤️

Download here: vallisalps.bandcamp.com

www.facebook.com/vallisalps
www.twitter.com/vallisalps
hey@vallisalps.com

Look back
To when midnights broke their sleep
Awake in our memories
Of when we would make believe

Collide
Colors of the masquerade
Watch as they fall away
Faceless under faces made

And weeks went by but felt like hours 
Spring would lie in summer showers
In my hair were winter flowers

And weeks went by but felt like hours 
Seasons multiplying power
That I found in winter flowers

Turn back
I see rivers beyond the line
Ancient roads in broken design
Angels running thru our minds

Look up
Your city's built on marble floors
Neon lights in the falling snow
Those night back in tokyo

And weeks went by but felt like hours 
Spring would lie in summer showers
In my hair were winter flowers

And weeks went by but felt like hours 
Seasons multiplying power
That I found in winter flowers

And we said
This has only just begun
In the end
Time forever favors the young

And we said
This has only just begun
In the end
Time forever favors the young

Young

Dj Krush (remix) !! Hamid Baroudi - Arabica !!

Who Cares?

Written by Y.A.S & Eyelar
Produced by Knightstarr

Mixed by Michael Stockwell

Artwork by Ali Charmi

Chasing the Dragon

A Legend Unleashed

Do you understand? Proceed.

I have, I have a question  uh.. about the Middle East and um..  do you feel like there will ever be a change for us to resolve this.. conflict?

The idea is this, 

there is 100% chance there will be peace, 
there is 100% chance there will be war.

Which do you prefer?

By granting yourself your preference, 
I guarantee you 100%, 
and how often do you get that guarantee? 
you will be on a world of peace.

Does that help?

Therefore, from your perspective, if you prefer peace
first of all
act like you prefer peace - in all of your interactions with any individual.
Then you will be on the Earth that has peace.

Recognize what we have shared about multidimensionality 
about the idea of probable realities,
they all exist. There is in a sense no marked future
there is every possibility.

Which one do you pick?

If you will but own the idea,
you will wind up on an Earth that will have peace.

Does that help?

If you will but own the idea.

From your perspective, if you prefer peace
act like you prefer peace - in all of your interactions with any individual.

#CRE8

Ipreferpeace

Une vie vaut la peine d'être vécue

Una vida vale la pena vivir

生活值得生活

A life is worth living

Жизнь стоит жить

Je ne suis pas intéressé par ces choses qui me rendront fou, mais elles me rendront heureuse...

Ipreferpeace

troverman