qd53 Dane Law & Chants - Bonded Pairs - out now!

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5 days ago
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Hi friends - hope all good :)

For the next release in the quiet details series, it’s my great pleasure to share with you a wonderful collaboration from the perfectly-matched pair of Adam Parkinson and Jordan Cohen, otherwise know as Dane Law & Chants, with Bonded Pairs

Out now on digital and limited CD with long-form edition, six panel digipack and fine art print. Digital half-price until 11th September.

Listening Party tomorrow Thursday 3rd September 19:00 UK time - hope you can be there - free to join and all welcome x

Both have extensive bodies of solo work: Adam using deep programming skills with the likes of Max/MSP alongside deft guitar and production expertise to release on the likes of Opal Tapes, Blue Tapes, Quantum Natives and more; and Jordan, a vastly talented drummer and producer, on Hush Hush, Astral Plane Recordings and others.

Their previous collaboration, on The Trilogy Tapes, was a masterclass in human performance excellence and digital sonic manipulation - and Bonded Pairs builds on that in stunning fashion.

Hypnotic percussive structures and ever-evolving textures are the core of the album - realised by a range of acoustic instruments, and custom-built software processing.

The creative imagination on display here is truly something to behold - their tactile instrumental skills provide incredible source material, and their mastery of computer-based transformations allows them to shape these complex collages. Defying classification, this is an album of huge scope and inventiveness.

As they say:

Materials: guitar, drums, cello, saxophone, trumpet, balafon, and voice.

Transmuted digitally to access the ineffable.

Guitar and drums take centre stage, melodic and metrical - sampled, rearranged, merged into shifting rhythmical patterns that move in and out of focus. These are complimented by the textural beauty of the other instruments, giving harmonic depth to the pieces, and the arrangements’ true musical maturity.

Intricate polyrhythms, emotive diversity, ineffable soundscapes - the album as a whole is unique quiet details interpretation, and it’s an honour to share it with you.

Huge thanks to Dane Law & Chants, a fantastic addition to the series.

Thanks also to:

Greg Riss - additional drumming on ‘Paths to Leyton’ and ‘Drum Drone (Four Mallets)’

Contains samples of performances by:

Bossada - saxophone

Brian Grimm - cello

Charlie Palm - trumpet

The artwork was made as always influenced by the music and idea behind the album - originating from a photo from the pair which was then captured with analogue photography 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, unique and representing the music in its purest form.

Credits:Music by Dane Law & Chants

Mastered by Alex at quiet details studios

Artwork by quiet details in collaboration with Dane Law & Chants

Design by quiet details

Also out is second run of qd47 Appleblim - big one this so get in if you want.

Big thanks to everyone that’s supported my latest landscape piece, these are name your price so I’m extremely grateful to everyone that gives something, and some of you have been incredibly generous!

Love to see how this are connecting with so many of you - sonic immersion is cathartic in so many ways.

Great to see new fans finding the catalogue too - thanks to the people that’ve bought various bits, and the ones that picked up the lot!

Welcome to the new subscribers too - lots more to come - the landscape series will continue and I’m working on things that’ll compliment it.