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Recommended by us on 14th January 2011
...according to our Ant on Thu 28 Jul, 2011.
Just had a box land with some major releases including some titles on Important Records, The Eleh LP's sold out on pre-order but we do have some stock of this record and it's sounding totally mystical from the moment the needle hits the grooves. 'Levitation' is a powerful opener, a deeply meditative piece that recalls Catherine Christer Hennix's Electric Harpsichord. If you fancy a spot of levitating at home I'm fairly sure this would be a suitable soundtrack. The string ensemble features Ellen Fullman on long string instrument and Theresa Wong on Cello. The Norman Conquest plays acoustic guitar, vocals, moog pedals and also recorded and mixed the album. The Barn Owl guys (Evan Caminiti and Jon Porras) use electric and acoustic guitars, vocals, bells, gong and dulcimer. 'Light' has big shifting plates of metallic sound reverberate, tweak the volume up a nudge for this one. I'm trying to visualize the long string instrument, which is Fullman's own creation and tuned in just intonation. The deep extended ragas of Foghorns are fantastic and the vocals really add an extra dimension. 'Condensation' is Barn Owl working in their more conventional mode, unleashing gorgeous devotional drones capable of making a grown man cry. Highly recommended so grab one of these while you can.
Numbered edition of 500. Jackets screen printed by Neil Burke @ Monoroid. Full length collaboration between Ellen Fullman, Theresa Wong, and Barn Owl produced by The Norman Conquest. Barn Owl's extended drones and Theresa and The Norman Conquest's strings are the perfect accompaniment to Fullman's Long Stringed Instrument; a product of her own invention. This is an album of deep material of a complexly emotional nature. Eternal ragas for the infinite now. Recorded in the pastoral setting of the Headlands Center For The Arts. In 1981 Ellen Fullman began developing the “Long String Instrument,” an installation of dozens of wires fifty feet or more in length, tuned in Just Intonation and ‘bowed’ with rosin coated fingers. Fullman has developed a unique notation system to choreograph the performer’s movements, exploring sonic events that occur at specific nodal point locations along the string-length of the instrument. She has recorded extensively with this unusual instrument and has collaborated with such luminary figures as composer Pauline Oliveros, choreographer Deborah Hay, the Kronos Quartet, and Keiji Haino.Barn Owl are Evan Caminiti and Jon Porras. Looking over America from their nest in San Francisco the pair stretch out hazy, devotional drones.
The Norman Conquest said:
howdy! thanks for the review of The Headlands! can you please add me to the credits for your review? i produced, recorded, and played acoustic guitar/voice/moog pedals on this album. thanks!normanrecords said:
OK give us a few mins....Ant said:
Hello to the Norman Conquest >>> Apologies for not crediting you in the review. I was getting a little tranced out by the audio and had seen your name as the recording and mixing credits but glancing over the sleeve while listening and writing I missed the notes about your playing on the LP. Please accept my apologies for that. I have amended my review on the item page. Really LOVE the record!So, what do you think? Best reviewer each month gets £10 off their next order!
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