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Shortly after releasing his highly acclaimed ‘The Benoît Pioulard Listening Matter’(Kranky), Pioulard left on tour to Europe in order to promote the album. This tour took him to several distinctive places ranging from urban Brussels to rural France and the mystic capital city of Iceland, Reykjavik.

Once returned to Seattle, these new impressions and memories formed the inspiration to make ‘Slow spark, soft spoke’. Not surprisingly, the album continues in the same vein as his tour cd ‘Lignin Poise’ - which was repressed on vinyl by Beacon Sound - and is characterized by slowly moving lo-fi ambient textures. The album reveals Pioulards most melancholic side and once again shows his capabilities to bring beautiful sonic narratives with only a few instrumental layers.

‘Slow spark, soft spoke’ was initially released on tape on Dauw but sold out quickly during pre-order. After having received only sublime reviews and tons of request to re-issue the album, we now decided to give it a well deserved vinyl repress.

 “'Never, just as you wanted' is a timeless odyssey of complete transcendence with gradual bliss of guitar tones – and meticulously crafted sounds – that somehow map the ocean swell of human emotions – of the innermost kind – embedded deep within us all." (Fractured Air)

For this vinyl edition, Pioulard decided to add 2 totally new tracks in addition to the 4 initial ones. These new tracks are presented as the single 'Athanasy, 1993' which will be released and announced with the vinyl pre-order on October 4th. All together, the initial EP and the new single form a consistent full length which adds to his impressive and ever growing catalogue.

‘Slow spark, soft spoke’ will be released on October 26th on a limited  vinyl edition (200 heavyweight clear vinyl) and digitally. The tape comes with original hand-printed artwork by Femke Strijbol and will be accompanied by a unique polaroid taken by Benoît Pioulard (limited to 50 only).

Athanasy, 1993

Chimes via Audible Instruments Random Sampler, Resonator and Texture Synthesizer
Various parameters modulated by 3 LFOs, based on an ambient patch by Johno Wells 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbpwz1_NmLU&t=967s

2 looped samples played back & pitched down via cf player in VCV Rack. Both originated from handmade cassette tape loops played back via broken dictaphones, delay pedal & VOX amp.

One processed via Audible Texture Synthesizer, the other via Arable Instruments Neil & NYSTHI Stereophaser

2 Samples Ambient

Live recording of our performance at Niagara Falls Night of Art. Unfortunately it is only a recording of what went through the speaker, so the recording did not catch much of the accordion, which I played while lurching around the area away from the microphone. I may add a new accordion track to this where it's needed.

Harmonic Shadow Circus - sunseethe live recording (Niagara Falls Night of Art 2019)

radio sample experiment

A study in experimental ambient music and minimalism.

Aptly titled "Clouds Tamer" by Jon Hatch & Alex Anderson (Nasty Nachos).

Recorded live for WMD's Freq Boutique 39 (Online Edition) on July 13, 2020.

Painting: Thomas Somerscales - Recogiendo Velas

Live setup:
- 3U 104HP Eurorack system
- Source Audio Ventris Dual Reverb Pedal

Mastering in Ableton Live by Christoph Scholtes.

2 Samples Ambient

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