Anticlock Rec.
The Grey Field Recordings : hypnagogia (US,2005)***°'
Using the moment before falling to sleep as a time for deep concentration, is using one of the best conditions for more concentrated bundled thought creativity, outside language controlled thinking and too direct linear-logic thought preservation and repetition of causal recognition. The ability to use this moment as a state of consciousness is called hypnogogia.
It is a great association for a deliberate, or not conscious haunting music. The Grey Field Recordings is a project led by R. Loftiss, with the help of Justin Jones on violin and viola.
Some backward effects, bells and voices immediately set the tone on the first track, “Bloodstream”. The next couple of tracks build up a variety of instrumental, rather experimental harmonic improvisations, with stringed instruments and voice and sound control. The strange harmonies build up the sphere, until “Forty White Horses”, a beautiful song with overtone overlaps, violin picking and playing and some bass, conveying an unearthly and still recognisable tone. This is followed, on “You have suffered” by some weird old LP recordings with voices, and some surreal tape experimenting. “Nancy’s Song to Charlie”, is a beautiful and very expressive spoken word poem with female whispery voice, reciting against chamber music, with other mixed harmonies and guitar. The poem is by Doris Lessing. Brilliant. Also “"House of a Grape" features an excerpt of prose by Kate Blalack. "Stars fall to earth” exists of crafty space-expanding mixed sounds as if recorded inside a huge stonemine gravel collecting pulsing machine with a band playing inside, and with beautiful string improvisations. “Passiflora” with acoustic guitar and some chamber music arrangements and some distorted guitar near the end, has similar spoken word poetry. Last track has very beautiful nature-sounds (like insects, short wave variations,..) made with electronica.
A recommended release with a handmade cover. Only 123 copies have been issued, so be quick !!
