PRE-ORDER CDs/Digital // Ryefield Society, James A. McDermid, Lamasz
PRE-ORDER CDs/Digital // Ryefield Society, James A. McDermid, Lamasz
May 2024
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Ryefield Society / James A. McDermid - S'accommoder / Perdido
While their image remains trapped in glamourous clichés, European cities (Lisbon, Paris, London etc.) undergo post-pandemic capitalist dystopia. Their inhabitants are hindered by the wear and tear of life - unemployment, debt, poverty - while millions are pumped into tourism and foreign investment. This collaborative release by Ryefield Society and James A. McDermid takes its roots in these bittersweet places where beauty is hindered by misery, pollution and/or human contempt."
S’accommoder is a quest for peace and solace in those industrial landscapes. Ryefield Society evokes urban melancholy with acoustic instruments, repetitive melodies and field recordings. Wistful and anxious from its opening track ("A dead world of sunshine and rain" - a title borrowed from the great American writer Richard Wright), this intimate journey finds relief in love and art as narrated in the meditative and organic "A focus on colours".
Perdido - Portuguese for "lost" - considers a tourist's experience of European life: eating pastries alongside the Seine in Paris, or perhaps hearing the echoing voice of the Fado singer along the cobbled side streets of Lisbon - all of it dreamy, beautiful and delightful; yet it's something slowly becoming more and more manufactured as a way to encourage more tourism and more money into the areas slowly being gentrified beyond recognition.
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"Various Arias" is a slow-paced ambient album where each piece is composed of two intertwining loops recorded on tape. All the effects derive from various pedals during the recording process; only some EQ adjustments were made to tame certain resonant frequencies. A full mix was intentionally avoided to preserve the raw and emotive qualities characteristic of Lamasz’s music.
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