qd48 fields we found - thoughts persist - out now!

quiet details
2 days ago
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Hi friends - hope all good :)

For the next release in the quiet details series, I’m happy to share my latest interpretation as fields we found - thoughts persist

Out now on digital and limited CD with long-form edition, six panel digipack and fine art print. Digital half price until 17th April.

Listening Party tomorrow Thursday 9th April 19:00 UK time - hope you can be there - free to join and all welcome x

From my early albums on labels such as Home Normal, Seil Records, Handstitched*, Ambientologist and numerous self-releases, my recent music, following my last quiet details album, has been going further into complete freedom in music making.

The resolve / relate series came directly after in your hands and continued the ideas behind it; then the rhythm structures series recalling memories of times on dance-floors and beyond; and finally the landscape series are long-form tracks originally made for my own meditation, which became a cathartic and meditative process in itself.

where qd32 in your hands was outward looking, thoughts persist is more introspective.

It’s hard to put into words, and sometimes difficult to write about my own music. This album didn’t have a concept as the starting point, was more about making music with an open mind and letting things follow their own course. The tracks feel transitional, and I’ll likely understand them more as time goes on. It’s music for deep-listening.

Each track started with an improvisation, then evolved to form a track, within the wider context of an album. Harmonic development across the whole is an important aspect.

These freeform explorations, either on a modular system or other instruments, were then sampled, re-sampled, recorded to various tape machines again and again. Old equipment has a certain quality - early samplers and reel-to-reels have a character that has always been a part of the sound palette I love, and used heavily here.

Magnetic tape shaping and natural compression; digital artefacts and aliasing; analogue filtering, saturation and mixing; parallel effect chains, delays, springs, valves and modulation - all adding their unique imprint. Deepening the subs, extending the highs, adding harmonics.

Focusing on the textural aspects as much as the compositional, and also including field recordings I’ve made in the recent months. These create a sense of time and location that is very personal, adding to the ephemeral nature of things along with their sonic patterns.

Aside from these environmental snapshots, all other sounds originated with analogue oscillators. The subsequent sampling and manipulation of these with tape and digital tools, particularly ones with a low fidelity core, gives an organic juxtaposition that deeply resonates with me.

Final takes were then recorded live to tape with effects and additional elements - intuitive and hands-on. The long-form mix was done in the same way.

Huge thanks for listening, hope you enjoy x

The artwork was made as always influenced by the music - originating from a photo I took with analogue film and processed here at quiet details studios.

As usual, the album is presented on the physical edition, a custom six-panel digipack with a separate fine art print too.

The CD also has a special long-form continuous mix of the album, representing the music in its purest form.

Credits:

Music by fields we found

Mastered by Alex at quiet details studios

Artwork by quiet details

Design by quiet details