Human Bell - Human Bell

Dave Heumann and Nathan Bell’s work together began as each of the Baltimore natives had been working individually on instrumental pieces for banjo and guitar. For both, the experience of collaborating on the creation of instrumental music is a liberating process. The open pastoral structures allow their natural musical tendencies to shine. Nathan Bell’s songwriting, as his work with Lungfish, tends to be linear, as moving along a path through a progression of passages, while Heumann’s, as with his work in Arbouretum, is based on the cycle of verses and chorus. The intersection of those two approaches and the mutual understanding that brings them together is the essence of Human Bell.·The bulk of the Human Bell album was recorded by Paul Oldham at Rove Studios in Selbyville, Kentucky. ‘Ephphatha’ was recorded at Nathan Bell’s house in Baltimore by Antony West. The album was mixed by John McEntire at Soma EMS in Chicago. Additional musicians included Matt Riley (The Moss Collector) with his bowed banjo, guitar, amplified kalimba, vibraphones, drum and quartz singing bowl, Michael Turner (Warmer Milks, Speed To Roam) and his orbital spirit guitar, which can be heard at its finest in ‘Hanging From The Rafters’. Drums were played by Peter Townshend (Speed To Roam, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy), except on ‘A Change In Fortunes’, where they were preformed by Ryan Rapsis (Euphone).

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