David Wenngren & Christopher Bissonnette - The Meridians of Longitude and Parallels of Latitude

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5...according to our Phil on Wed 02 Nov, 2011.

Bit of a dream collaboration here folks. Christopher Bissonnette (Kranky) and David Wenngren (Library tapes chappie) join forces to make a rather lovely sounding thing. It's only been on ten minutes so far and it's spacing me out! This is the kind of drone I love. Intense warm sounding organic pieces of music which draw you in and transport you to better, fluffier places where everything is better than where you currently are. Soundscapes and that... youknowwhatIamtalkingabout! I was expecting more tinkly piano to compliment the drones but you just get more of an orchestral thing going on in the background which is covered in dusty hazy droney memories. It's a smashing sounding thing and just read the press release cos whoever wrote it was absolutely spot on and phrased it way better than I could. Gorgeous!

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Whilst most of you will know of our love for David Wenngren (of Library Tapes fame, of course), Christopher Bissonnette’s ‘In Between Words’ release on Kranky has long been a personal favourite around these parts. So when I heard about their collaboration I almost fell over myself with excitement. The result is the beautiful and noisily freckled masterpiece ‘The Meridians of Longitude and Parallels of Latitude’, mastered by the lovely Taylor Deupree. In many ways the record is a perfect hybrid of their sound, almost the truest of collaborations if you will. It is also a true Home Normal release, fitting of our original intentions for release of works. It is of a drone-like nature, yet at once melodic, intense and possessing a naturally organic graininess and warmth we so love. The cover art is a perfect match for the sound: beautiful, serene, yet freckled and blurred like a frosty window pane. The music is that of a dream, a dusty memory of something beautiful, retaining its alluring being in that which is hidden, seen but not fully recognisable. The good thing about this dream, this memory however, is that we simply have to press the ‘play’ button again when it is over.

Mastered by Taylor Deupree
Photography by Christopher Bissonnette
Design by Jeremy Bible