hotel2tango
it' s @ tonymarinaro hanging with my pal howard bilerman at @ unautreresto on st. viateur. # hotel2tango urltoken
and just in case you are wondering, yes, that old hotel2tango, the old recording studio that arguably served as the hub of alternative music in montreal .
after winter must come spring was recorded and mixed by howard bilerman & efrim menuck at montreal’s hotel2tango (wolf parade, arcade fire, godspeed you! black emperor) .
# themiddle is out now. thanks for your sweet work: @ babettehayward @ petertogni @ theoclstudio @ planetstudios @ noahmintz @ taylorknoxmusic @ thomasstajcer # jeffmcmurrich # howardbilerman # hotel2tango @ nathanrpilon urltoken
hotel2tango: the arcade fire, molasses, the dears, more. ! | tape op magazine | longform candid interviews with music producers and audio engineers covering mixing, mastering, recording and music production .
back in today with @ michaelfarber3 @ rayferrarotsn pierre mcguire @ nhl _ aaronward @ pierrevlebrun @ noelpbutler & talented young singer - songwriter @ campbellwoodsm w / howard bilerman. # hotel2tango and we’ll give something away! # tsn690
mega multi - artist one night music festival coming to @ clubsodamtl friday april 6th. tickets on sale friday morning. @ allmanbrothers @ staxrecords @ mssoundstudio @ sunrecords @ gtbbmemphis # hotel2tango @ pauldeslaurier @ dtwlive @ shanemurphymtl @ jjmagistery @ andrearamolo &? ? ?
recorded and mixed at hotel2tango, with howard bilerman, in late february and early march of 2010 ,
expo 86
is the name of the new and third album by montreal' s wolf parade .
expo 86
follows the ...
, released this time last year. they sound like a joyous version of a silver mount zion / godspeed / any number of other names, probably not surprising as they issue from canada and the hotel2tango studios. i strongly recommend this album, it' s the opposite of it' s title, so
“at the time, there were quite a few lofts that had parties and shows, like the hotel2tango and others in old montreal, ” pezzente recalls. “they started leaving or getting kicked out around that time. there were no real venues other than jailhouse rock, which was a really crappy rock club. ”
as one of the few remaining all - analog recording facilities, the hotel2tango is a world - renowned studio where virtually every constellation release, as well as records by arcade fire, wolf parade, and basia bulat among others were created and captured. when asked how h2t functions as a collective enterprise, bilerman, is mock - perplexed .
before the hotel2tango studio existed in its present incarnation with the three of you, you [ efrim ] and thierry worked primarily in an 8 - track studio environment with your own gear, and howard, you had your own studio. what kind of gear were you all working with at the time, and was this an entry into learning about the recording and engineering process ?
they transformed a warehouse space into the hotel2tango, a diy hive of activity with band rehearsal rooms, silkscreen and wood shops, and weekend shows that took place under the radar. the group settled into a permanent nine - member line - up by late 1998, with aidan and bruce on drums, thierry and mauro on basses, efrim, dave and roger on guitars, and norsola and sophie on cello and violin respectively .
bozulich is more direct and pointed about her feelings for the label. critics hailed 2006’s evangelista, her constellation debut, as one of the albums of the year and a ‘return to form. ’ enjoying her work with montreal musicians, bozulich returned to the hotel2tango for this past spring’s hello, voyager —a mighty and emphatic follow - up. still, when asked what keeps her coming back to canada and working with constellation, bozulich is almost too overwhelmed to answer .
the hotel2tango is an analog based recording studio in the mile end of montreal owned & operated by efrim menuck, howard bilerman, radwan moumneh & thierry amar. we also have the modern conveniences of a protools hd system, with 24 tracks of lynx convertors, should you need it. we tend to be booked 5 months in advance, but there are always holes in the schedule, or last minute cancellations. please feel free to contact us with any questions. thanks !
one of the most impressive, physical manifestations of this commitment is the aforementioned building purchased by constellation and closely associated businesses. the label’s office space and warehouse are on the top floor, while the basement houses harris newman’s greymarket mastering studio and also the newest, and hopefully final address for the hotel2tango recording studio, which is owned and operated by menuck, godspeed and mt. zion member thierry amar, radwan moumneh, and one - time arcade fire drummer, howard bilerman .
a couple of months ago, we went into hotel2tango studio in montreal to record and film a live - off - the - floor video for a couple of songs from collider. the first installment is
longitude
and another will follow in the weeks to come. lizzie powell, who performs the song on the album, came out of the woods, leaving behind her dogs and songs to rekindle the fire with us. dave pawsey is behind the camera work and editing and the sound was captured by the illustrious howard bilerman. enjoy - - sr
indeed, chesnutt’s ability to overcome a severe disability and write his wondrous songs has inspired legions of fans and musicians over the past 20 years. he’s composed critically - acclaimed records, collaborating with the likes of lambchop, bill frisell, emmylou harris, and more recently, elf power and jonathan richman. after urging from his friend, filmmaker jem cohen, chesnutt visited montreal’s hotel2tango studio in 2007 and made a rejuvenating record called north star deserter. upon its release on constellation records, he toured the world with picciotto and members of silver mt. zion. the core group recently reconvened to create another astounding album borne of structure and improvisation in at the cut .
while nabatian’s joking, it’s obvious he’s used to being part of an ensemble that lives in the shadow of one of the most popular indie - rock bands on the planet. richard reed parry and sarah neufeld might be best known for their membership in arcade fire but, some nine years ago, they and drummer stefan schneider quietly formed the explosive instrumental ensemble bell orchestre to create live soundscapes for dance theatre troupes. pietro amato of torngat (also a one - time touring member of arcade fire) and nabatian soon joined the fold and the five - piece entered montreal’s hotel2tango studio with howard bilerman to make a record in 2003, just as arcade fire began to supernova .
“so we went for a beer one afternoon and that’s how we met, ” menuck continues. “a few months later, i’d moved into this loft space up on [ avenue ] van horne and we named it the hotel2tango and started to have shows there. they were promoting a dub narcotic show and wanted to do it at the hotel and from that point on, it seems like we’ve always been doing stuff together. by the time godspeed were making our first record at the hotel, when we set levels but needed someone to hit ‘play’ and ‘record, ’ it just made sense to have don and ian come and do it, and when the record was made, it made sense for them to ask us to put it out. ”
“i think a lot of it is because they like to be with me and work with me, and i do them, ” she says finally. “i mean, i made red headed stranger and, even though that had willie nelson on it, it took me years to find a label to put it out. i paid for the recording and it was done and i just wanted a label to pay me back for that and put it out. even now that i have, the label hasn’t paid me one penny for all the years they’ve been selling the album. i just can’t tell you how incredible it is to be on a label like constellation that’s conscientious, has a real connection to the music, really gives a shit, and loves me. that’s just the label! then, when you get into the musicians, and efrim at hotel2tango, and all that, it’s almost like ‘pinch me, am i dreaming? ’ it’s too great; i get choked up just thinking about it! ”
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thierry: actually we worked on a teac 1 / 4
4 - track before getting the tascam 8 - track. the first molasses record was done here at the hotel on the teac 4 - track with a tascam board and dynaco speakers, and that was it .
efrim: we did a lot of tinkering on borrowed 4 - track machines for a lot of years, headphones as microphones and obsessive track bouncing. recorded a pile of little things on 4 - track when thierry and me still lived at the hotel. later on we bought a tascam 8 - track and an allen & heath 24 - channel board from carter, labradford' s keyboard player. labradford and godspeed were touring together and carter had the tape machine and board laying idle in his apartment and offered to sell it to us. we recorded the first silver mt. zion record on that gear, eight tracks feeling like so many sprawling, luxuriant acres at the time .
howard: i had a 16 - track studio in old montreal called mom & pop sounds. i had majored in sound in university before that, although i knew how to record bands already. i just enrolled to use the studios for free. they had an 8 - track 1 / 2
studio with lots of beautiful akg mics. in 2000, when i was looking for a new space, thierry and efrim were looking to buy some new gear, so we just brought my gear over here to the hotel .
h: because molasses electrocuted our mtr 90ii, we' re now using an mx - 80 24 - track 2
machine and a neotek series ii board. our mixdown deck is an otari mtr - 10 1 / 4
.
people who record bands often differ wildly on the use of compression. i was wondering if you could talk about your take on compression and the different situations where compression can be hindrance or help .
h: i think what makes a recording exciting is dynamic range, and when you over use compression you' re getting rid of that dynamic range. i think a lot of people use compression on drums by default... like somehow that' s what you are' supposed' to do. i mean, drums sounds don' t come from boxes, they come from players. the best drum sounds i' ve ever heard are by great players, like michel langevin from voivod who played on elizabeth anka vajagic' s record. you don' t need to compress those drums because they already sound great .
t: i try to avoid it actually. i mean, it can be useful if you want something to sit in the mix properly, but to me you either use it transparently or you use it creatively. i' m just starting to appreciate compressors for creative means .
h: it' s interesting to just run a signal through the compressor, without actually compressing it. it changes things sometimes in a really nice way. the difference between the 1178 and the la5 and the dbx are like night and day in that regard .
h: well, there' s the two urei la5s, two dbx 163xs, a langevin photo - optical compressor, a urei 1178, a bunch of valley - people dynamites, and the rnc 1773 which is really quite versatile — does subtle well and over - the - top really well too .
h: both. there' s a pretty huge difference between 15 and 30 ips, in particular how the transients sound. for things like drums, you don' t need to eq in mixdown as much when you record at 30 ips. having said that, at 30 ips you lose the low end a bit. the flip side to that is that it doesn' t get muddy down there, and the lack of 20 - 40 hz actually makes things like kick drums and acoustic ...
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a couple weeks after this article appeared, the artists who occupied the former hotel2 tango, located in an old building wedged between van horne just east of parc ave and the train tracks, were given their one month’s notice .
the new landlord, owner of miniac repairs, decided he could not abide the “noise” (otherwise known as music). he limited even more the time the musicians could jam (though they still had to pay) as mr. miniac claimed “their racket” wrecked the zen garage space he was trying to create. even the pitter patter of dog feet from a visiting pet would send him (illegally) up into the space to complain .
my husband happens to be among the displaced artists. j had been there for five years. his studio was one of the larger ones, looking out on to the traffic of van horne below. it was perfect - a ten minute walk from our home in parc - ex. close to other studios and stores. best of all, he had daily contact with other artists and musicians in his space - talking ideas, listening to the bands jam, well you know - basically taking part in the whole artistic fermentation process. the rent was affordable, the space was large and he had a place to connect with other artists .
the new zoning amends the city’s urban plan to recognize the importance of the creative economy and limits heights and densities to that of the district’s existing buildings. while a grandfather clause protects current companies, the new rules bar warehouses, wholesalers, transport firms and heavily polluting industries from moving in. new occupants are limited to 500 square metres .
bi - laws are all well and good, but nothing will get in the way of a new entrepreneur who does not want you there. there had recently been a big turnover at the space where the former managers had vacated. it was being run on a volunteer basis by one of the tenants of the space, but there was no lease. of what i heard, even the hydro was in the name of someone who had vacated the space years before .
though the artists fought for their space, there was nothing much they could do. mr. miniac would not stand any noise at all. he wanted to up the rent and kick out all the musicians. i suspect he has some ulterior motive, some other plans for the space, but his dealing with the artists was underhanded and dishonest, so who knows? he also entered their space illegally on more than one occasion and, i repeat, just in case you didn’t get it before, limited the time the musicians, who had paid to use the space for practice, could actually practice .
now my husband, who works as a scenic painter and as a visual artist, has his paintings, sculptures, boxes of rusty bits (he really likes his rusty bits) in our basement and at the warehouse where he works. he has not had time to find another studio and probably won’t until august. he is using the coffee table in our very small living room to make large drawings, and i worry for his posture (he is always leaning over his drawing like a myopic jeweler inspecting an old lady’s diamond) .
what pisses me off is that the signs of montreal turning into another new york, where the artists who made it such a funky place to live in the first place can no longer afford to be there, are popping up. we have already had to move our home north of the tracks and now his studio will be going that way too. at this rate, we will be in the arctic by the time we are 60 .
it pisses me off that mr. miniac did not have enough respect for his new tenants to be straight up with them and tell the hotellers exactly what he was planning, but instead strung them along thinking things might work out and then making unreasonable demands. it felt very much like it was a calculated unreasonableness, one where he was being unbearable in order to get them out and do something more profitable with the space. though i could be wrong. it has happened before. time will tell. if you go by and see some major construction though, i reserve the right to say i told you so. (yes, i am that petty )
the attitude towards artists also pisses me off. mr. miniac was very worried that the hotellers were going to trash his place before they left (granted, we did not put much effort into the clean up but there was no trashing - we are not frat boys after all - oh geez - did i just stereotype frat boys after getting mad about the stereotyping of artists? yes. yes, i did .). when j went to look at other spaces he came up against the same attitude - “we do not want any riff raff here. sorry. ”
well, for starters, the artists must organize. not in a vigilante or even union kind of way, but in a hey! we should have a lease! kind of way. figure out a good way to cover the expenses for the space. even put some away for a rainy day. part of the tragedy of the hotel was that it had been through so many hands so recently, nobody really knew or even remembered who had signed what. collectives are good. cooperatives. if only to protect your space and the right to do what you set out to do in it. j and another hoteller are semi - looking for a space with exactly that plan in mind, however work and family and approaching absences make it unfeasible at the moment - so this story is to be continued .
also public awareness - i guess. that sounds so lame. public awareness of what? that artists are not usually the caravaggio - esque debauched criminals, the rimbaud - esque gun - running, nihilistic sops that will eat away at a space like foppish termites ?
studio tours are good (they do happen around mile end, i see them) .
blog posts like this too i think (though i do confess to a goodly amount of vitriol - you would too if your house was once again invaded by rusty bike chains and other things i can’t identify) .
and yes, having the support of the community also helps quite a lot. bravo for mile end for regulating the real estate bi - laws! now what kind of bi - law regulation is there to contain unreasonable jerks ?
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i noticed people migrating from mile end to the point a few years ago… faces i recognized from when i used to live in mile end navigating stretcher frames up the charlevoix subway stairs. the point is slowly getting expensive too, but there' s lots of social housing and community awareness that market economy real estate shouldn' t be allowed to push everyone out to the boonies. too bad the point is so far from you. (though isn' t it close to where j works ?) your pix are great. that quiet concentration of kids trying to figure things out .
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the duck confit was amazing! arugula and roasted potatoes were set off with the white truffle oil. great flavor .
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cat number onovitalija release date 24 mar' 17 format info hand stamped cdr (wrapped in recycled paper donated by artists involved with the project) with paper or clear plastic envelope and a riso printed booklet .
another of ono' s expansive and highly creative projects .
we are for a while
is a fully realized multimedia experience, detailing the working process for vitalija glovackyte' s sonic and visual tale about recycling. vitalija first sourced a plethora of broken and salvaged instruments, their acquisition alone worthy of a tale (told in the accompanying booklet). after repairing instruments to a (somewhat) playable state, glovackyte then set about recording the album you hear now - a collection of electro - folk meanderings, broken ambience and fairytales from industrial sites. it' s a heartfelt homage to re - using instead of replacing and is highly evocative in the process. the booklet comes with photos detailing the process as well as a written narrative from glovoackyte. it' s another brilliant addition to the art / music cannon that is ono records. highly recommended .
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much been said about vincent oliver in the past eighteen months; his unique approach to songwriting that fuses the quirky lyrical elements of diy pioneer r. stevie moore and arab strap' s aidan moffat while musically leaning on the thin line between the shoegazing electronica of
pygmalion
era slowdive and the utter popness of new order' s
power, corruption & lies
. his first two eps on loaf have been a starting point for a young songwriter with infinite pop potential .
ep3
concludes the series of eps of vincent oliver' s bedroom recordings with reinterpretation and remixes from some of his most notable fans. border community' s young star and tour mate, nathan fake, lends a hand to re - arrange the blissfully confusing
cluods in the haed
; into a psychedelic techno affair that has been getting dancefloor support from james holden. there' s also remixes from hrdvsion, andrea' s kit, isan, rothko and an extended live version .
post - minimalist, post - ambient, post - something else. history freely dilates and collapses on valgeir sigurðsson’s ‘dissonance’, his first solo release since 2012. its three largescale works are haunted by the old western tradition, infused with the ethereal workings of electronics and sound manipulation. recorded and produced between september 2015 and november 2016 at greenhouse studios, ‘dissonance’ is disarmingly human, reflecting the most extreme four years of sigurðsson’s life full of ecstatic joy and deep sorrow. ‘dissonance’ is a personal and collective musical treatise to explore and question a world that is collapsing under its internal dissonances .
a lost collection of home studio tape manipulations and vcs3 synthesizer experiments from the unsung australian composer val stephen. a practising medical anaesthetist turned electronic music innovator, stephen' s study of tape music originates back as early as the 1950s. throughout the following decades he created a remarkable personal archive of uncharted electronic compositions and experimental music sketches using a range of resourceful tools and pioneering techniques. with only two of his compositions ever published (folkways - electronic music. 1967) abstractum is an amazing look into the previously undocumented world of this silent innovator. a hallucinogenic hybrid of sedated synthesis & primordial musique concrete that will appeal to those interested in experimental music such as basil kirchin' s worlds within worlds and pierre henry' s le voyage .
cat number gps126 release date 4 sep' 15 format info white vinyl pressing of 500 copies only .
next up on the great pop supplement is the ace new 45 from matt valentine - temporarily dropping the mv + ee tag for a solo 45 where he’s joined by the likes of j mascis, woods’ jeremy earl, magik markers’ pete nolan and the always great mick flower .
“before it’s gone” began in earnest back when the icelandic volcanic ash cloud of 2010 prevented mick returning to the uk after a stint as part of matt’s the golden road backing band. an intense period of jamming produced the embryo to the track here from which mv then recruited first pete nolan (featuring his previously unheralded backing vox savvy) then on visits to vermont, jeremy and j to fill it out and slow cook those edges. (the full story is expertly told by mv on the record’s insert… )
beautiful, killer, stoned out soft psych released in perfect time for tail end of summer as a ltd one time pressing of 500 only. cool sleeve as ever from the gps and on tasty white wax… .
it' s been nearly 5 years since brock' s highly acclaimed
white clouds drift on and on
debuted on echospace earning a plethora of critical acclaim including many coveted top albums of the year list from ra to the wire. brock returns in beautiful form with what he' s said to us is his most personal and self defining moment in his fruitful musical career. this album however strikes on a very different chord from the last, rather than find contentment in repeating himself he' s sculpted a unique sound slightly out of focus from his previous work, a sound one could only say is like drifting in and out of consciousness. a place where early lsd experiments reveal third dimensions of the mind and evoke emotions so powerful they haunt you forever. here we see brock' s true dedication to vision, maturity and growth, the reason why so many people have gravitated to his heart tugging productions. on ,
home' he paints a near 3 hour exploration so beautiful and hypnotic the listener feels as if only moments passed by, a second to forever. this is a welcome return to form in the one place brock refers to as ,
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here on echospace. if burial were to meet eno in the studio of a bbc radio workshop session with tape masters sent to steve roach for further deconstruction this might be the unique result, residing somewhere in the ether .
after the release of 2016' s' when shall this bright day begin', jozef van wissem returns to consouling sounds for the follow - up album' nobody living can ever make me turn back'. the album is inspired by a vanitas painting by the belgian artist cindy wright, which is also the cover of the album. this inspiration is beautifully reflected in the music of the album: jozef van wissem' s lute arrangements sound fragile, his sparse vocals delicate, as if the vanity, the temporality and senselessness of everything has been rendered audible .
first single taken from third full album from highly acclaimed four piece, norfolk based melodic punk outfit. the single features two exclusive tracks not featured on the album .
third full album from highly acclaimed four piec, norfolk based melodic punk outfit .
third time lucky
has received superb reviews from kerrang / rock sound / metal hammer / big cheese / fracture & maximum rock n' roll .
tombed visions newest beautifully crafted outing comes in the form of' vanishing', featuring paddy shine of gnod fame and a host of talented and likeminded drone soldiers.' brighton' presents a softly spoken northern monologue draped liberally over a dark backdrop of chamber classical strings, gothic organ swells and earth - shaking percussion. presented like dark ambient, but showing the grace of classical music and the melodic intonations of soaring post - rock buried under a shroud of gloom. as we move into' night vision', the pensive vocal flourishes turn quickly into beastlike distorted whispering, while the percussion steps up a notch into syncopated distorted mayhem, gating airy swells and cavernous basses into an amalgamation of industrial and electronic influence .
moving further along and' the forger' is once again led by a bleak spoken monologue, but the backing has progressed into an echoic chamber of lengthy plate verbs applied to squeaks of noise and what sounds like train sounds, all underpinned by a heartfelt but shadowy piano refrain.' bronze misnomer' threatens to break into full electronic meltown at any point, with droning feedback and paddy' s free - jazz sax noodlings providing relief to the stark electronic backbone .
it really is brilliant this one, it takes time to devlop and it demands your attention, turning from a noisy drone into a nuanced and impeccable ambient masterstroke with repeated listens. bleak, bold and stunningly beautiful .
gloomy dystopian futurism and industrial rhythms, juxtaposed with striking classical instrumentation and beautifully visceral spoken word segments. it' s drone for the uninitiated, classical for people who love a story. brilliantly immersive and hypnotic, a winner .
album nº3 from christina vantzou is the result of a two - year process of composing, arranging, rearranging, experimenting, and melding classical instruments with synths and electronics. recorded in belgium with a 15 - piece ensemble of strings, horns, woodwinds and micro - choir, the tracks vacillate between orchestral, ambient soundscapes and more structured works that the composer refers to as
pillars .
the internal core of the record, however, is unwavering. all tracks head in the direction of otherworldly drones surrounded by soft, subtle and sometimes intense veils or points. the structured tracks mark a new direction for vantzou. whereas 100% of the music on nº1 and nº2 was composed without time structure or steady click, the pillars on nº3 adhere to a solid mathematical scheme. perhaps vantzou' s day job as a math teacher is starting to have an inﬂuence. nº3' s virtual instruments and voice samples hearken back to vantzou' s time with the dead texan, speciﬁcally tracks like
aegina airlines
and
when i see scissors i cannot help but think of you
. the synths on nº3 were given special attention and were recorded over a 2 week period using a dx7, yamaha cs20, roland juno - 6, and a selection of eurorack modular synths, making nº3 very much a hybrid record, both symphonic and synth - based. to complete the album, vantzou made 2 slow motion videos using a phantom high - speed camera and a 16mm short ﬁlm .
brand new release from this classic band. they have been making punk records since 1981 and this is their first in five years. pure old skool punk .
founding member of uran gbg with a past in swedish cult bands such as lava, and appearing on stage and in studio with some of gothenburg’s more prominent acts, jerker jarold is one of the cornerstones in the city’s psychedelic scene. by the name of västlänken, jarold is now making his first release as a solo artist on höga nord rekords. the music on tracks
autobaba
and
moebel
is a mixture of dub, ambient, kraut and techno where a few but tasteful components builds the sound. västlänken' s transcendent qualities lies in jarolds ability to limit himself in matter of recording techniques and instrumentation; one synthesiser, one delay pedal and one mobile studio is all he needs to make these delicate but highly tuned musical utterances .
this six - piece from denver have toured with all and sundry including boysetsfire, vendetta red, static lullaby and the used to name but a few. they play loud and frantic post hardcore with a three guitar attack that will blow your speakers. alternative press named them one of the' 100 bands you need to know in 2003' this cd shows you why .
from 2012' s
hassan
lp to his
territories
record from a couple years back we now hear jorge velez taking his sound into new realms on this five track long (ish) player. in what can be called a foray into animal - themed electronic experimentation - recorded using only fairlight cmi samples and a microbrute synthesizer - we hear a melodic side to his sound previously not present in his other works. hints of musique concrete as well as eastern influences creep about in a teasing manner bringing the listener into a dream world of digi - nature, electronic bird chips and 8 - bit waterfalls. . a welcome and refreshingly unique listen .
cat number timesig008x release date 4 may' 18 format info uk indies exclusive magenta vinyl .
“an appetite for the unknown
- daniel lanois no collaboration is unlikely when the end goals are the same. a meeting of two artists who illustrate different corners of the musical landscape, come together to create a new statement that takes their collective strengths to higher elevations and encompasses new terrains. so it is on the first collaborative journey of canadian musicians venetian snares and daniel lanois. what started as mutual respect for one another’s work, led to several years of a creative germination resulting in an eight - track full - length exploration released may 4th on timesig / planet mu. the path began in 2014, after lanois reached out to venetian snares (aaron funk) as a fan of his work. the project started to take root in summer of 2016, after funk hung around toronto between shows .
taking his gear to lanois’ studio, the two began to play for the first time together in what would prove to be a formative moment in their creative journey together. “i love making music with dan, he has a real understanding of how to create a world and build what may exist within that world. bassdrums are trombones and they are a colossal whale which floats on clouds of leaves speaking to the blast furnace feeding the mammoth. a small painting of forest horses hangs in the cranium of the sea horse. ” – aaron funk recorded live in a former buddhist temple - turned - studio in toronto,' venetian snares x daniel lanois' travels to new zones in what lanois describes as “a body of work driven by exploration”. like all the best collaborations, it' s brought something new out of both musicians. equipped with their production acuity, they let their natural workflow guide them through uncharted waters. funk laid the groundwork with drums while lanois rode the pedal steel, weaving their sounds together in a new sonic tapestry. the two ultimately landed at their destination, their work ready to be shared with those willing to explore. in daniel lanois ’own words :
to come upon a new form reassures the head that frontier lives on the unlikely pairing of venetian snares and daniel lanois may very well have provided us with a nice new pair of shoes to walk to new sonic frontier a melange of gospel and electronics as madness of the world trips over its heels these canadian sonic innovators prepare for travel a body of work driven by exploration, brings to us in our modern times what we remember and admire from the jazz explorations of the 50s a splintering an appetite for the unknown
we all know what snares sounds like, and it tends to veer towards the' skittish cat trapped in a synth' vibes, this one expands on that by underpinning the whole thing with some held synth pads, ambient washes and contrasting serene textures .
danilo plessow (aka mcde) and marcus worgull return as vermont with another gorgeous lp of the finest modern kosmische. turn on, tune in and drop out !
cat number soup1cd release date 22 oct' 01 format info the cd comes with a 12 page booklet of original drawings and photos .
what an unbelievable recording. the entire unreleased score for the entire clangers tv series - that' s music for all 26 episodes. it grows organically (as does the series) from small and simple phrases to complex passages of pure pastoral space music. it all climaxes with the awesome
harmony of the spheres
. the running order is exactly as it ran with all 26 episodes and includes some sfx, tiny clanger and oliver postgate' s timeless introduction. this cd also comes with the unique and sweet
clangers opera
compiled by oliver postgate, an adventure on the clangers planet starring the iron chicken. the cd booklet includes rare photos, early clangers sketches and a libretto for the clangers opera written by oliver postgate .
this excellent young emocore band are based on the east coast of america and look to be heading for big things, there' s a real buzz about them, a vitality and fire that you can' t ignore. veronica (a daft name) will be sitting alongside jimmy eat world, blink 182 and the ataris in next to no time.
the hotel2tango ( sometimes referred to as thee mighty hotel2tango and abbreviated h2t ) is a 24-track analogue recording studio situated in the mile end district of montreal , quebec . the current facility is the second to bear the name , and was preceded by a similar operation in the same neighborhood until 2007 when the studio changed locations . the majority of recording projects undertaken at the studio are helmed by one of the facility 's four partner-engineers : efrim menuck and thierry amar , both members of thee silver mt. zion memorial orchestra & tra-la-la band and godspeed you ! black emperor ; radwan ghazi moumneh , member of jerusalem in my heart ; and howard bilerman . the hotel2tango is often closely associated with constellation records , a montreal-based record label . before becoming a dedicated studio , the original hotel2tango acted first as a living space and later as a live performance venue . 
the hotel2tango (sometimes referred to as thee mighty hotel2tango and abbreviated h2t) is a 24-track analogue recording studio situated in the mile end district of montreal, quebec. the current facility is the second to bear the name, and was preceded by a similar operation in the same neighborhood until 2007 when the studio changed locations. the majority of recording projects undertaken at the studio are helmed by one of the facility's four partner-engineers: efrim menuck and thierry amar, both members of thee silver mt. zion memorial orchestra & tra-la-la band and godspeed you! black emperor; radwan ghazi moumneh, member of jerusalem in my heart; and howard bilerman. the hotel2tango is often closely associated with constellation records, a montreal-based record label. before becoming a dedicated studio, the original hotel2tango acted first as a living space and later as a live performance venue.
the hotel2tango (sometimes referred to as thee mighty hotel2tango and abbreviated h2t) is a 24-track analogue recording studio situated in the mile end district of montreal, quebec. the current facility is the second to bear the name, and was preceded by a similar operation in the same neighborhood until 2007 when the studio changed locations. the majority of recording projects undertaken at the studio are helmed by one of the facility's four partner-engineers: efrim menuck and thierry amar, both members of thee silver mt. zion memorial orchestra & tra-la-la band and godspeed you! black emperor; radwan ghazi moumneh, member of jerusalem in my heart; and howard bilerman. the hotel2tango is often closely associated with constellation records, a montreal-based record label. before becoming a dedicated studio, the original hotel2tango acted first as a living space and later as a live performance venue.