Howling - Colure - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Howling's album Sacred Ground stands for many things at once collaboration, improvisation, simplicity, unexpected happenstance. 'Our process was very, very organic. For both of us, it's just about the creation. Each song has a little journey of it's own. The vision's beautiful between us because there's a lot of trust. It's very intuitive process where we fall in love with on element of the song or one element of a though, and we follow that until both of those ideas have been met.' - Ry X, Howling. Album Tracks 1. Signs (Album Version) 2. Stole the Night 3. Interlude I 4. X Machina 5. Litmus 6. Zürich 7. Short Line 8. Quartz 9. Interlude II 10. Forest 11. Howling 12. Lullaby

'Howl' is the new album by Rival Consoles, London-based electronic producer Ryan Lee West, set for through Erased Tapes on 16th October 2015. Foremost a guitarist, growing up listening to rock rather than club music, West continues to strive towards finding a more personal balance between music for home listening and larger spaces. The title track was inspired by the howl-like tones he developed by running synths through guitar pedals. InchBy slowly drifting the pitch through distortion and delays, the result sounded like vocal cries – something which was perfect for the song and this inspired me to take on a darker set of tones across the whole album. It was made over the past few years, inspired by capturing small performances on synths, touring with some of my musical heroes, playing with feedback when I should have been catching a train, sampling my voice in unexpected conditions and recording textures in different countries.” The album explores a wide range of emotions; from the dissonance eruptions and primal rhythms in 'Howl', to the mournful improvisations of '3 Laments', which features a sample of his own voice. Alongside his performances on Moog, Prophet, tape delay and guitar, West enlisted the help of drummer Fabian Prynn for ‘Low’ and cellist Peter Gregson for ‘Walls’, both long-time collaborators of Erased Tapes peers Douglas Dare and Michael Price.InchThis album features a lot of my own recordings, rather than simply using samples that I have sitting on my computer. This gives the album a more personal feeling, which is very important to me because I think we live in a time where there is just so much recorded material out there, and accessible at a click of a button, that the joy of recording your own drum sounds, your own percussion, your own claps, seems redundant – but it’s not! That should be a priority because its often more interesting and make

2013 from Chicago's modern Soul band. Throughout Howl, the dark side of love and longing is explored by frontman JC Brooks's starkly personal lyrics and the Uptown Sound's willingness to bare all their influences and let the grooves fall where they may. A collective evolution has been made where influence meets experience, and this organic progression results in 11 songs that are more open than ever both in message and vibe. Album Tracks 1. Howl 2. Married for a Week 3. Rouse Yourself 4. Security 5. Ordinary 6. Before You Die 7. Not Alone 8. River 9. Cold 10. Control 11. These Things