Chris Kallmyer/Julia Holter/Lucky Dragons - Rhyolite
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release date: May 13th, 2016
available formats: 12in vinyl LP // digital
Limited Edition of 250
"Rhyolite is benchmark album that stands squarely at the crossroads of sound, the natural environment and musical perception."
-Sequenza 21
Rhyolite explores the artist’s understanding of landscape through sound, memory, and patterns.
Side A, features “Fence, Amargosa Desert,” by Chris Kallmyer. This piece documents a wind-activated sound installation made from 200 glass bottles round in Rhyolite, Nevada. The clear and green bottles, known to have been left there by glad miners, are hung on an old wire fence to catch the wind. The fence was created by Kallmyer in summer 2010 and recorded by Kallmyer and Andrew McIntosh on May 24, 2013.
Side B features new works, written by Julia Holter and Lucky Dragons, in response to Kallmyer’s “Fence, Amargosa Desert.” These pieces suggest different ways of seeing and hearing the northern reaches of the Mojave Desert. Holter’s “Why We Come to Californy” filters Dust Bowl-era sentiment through her unique voice and perspective, while Lucky Dragon’s collection of 5 pieces present meditations on the essential elements of the sonic landscape.
The album is designed by Becca Lofchie, packaged with an insert of photos and interviews from the artists about their creative process and their relationship to the desert regions surrounding Los Angeles, and also includes writings by sound and visual artist Steve Roden.
release date: May 13th, 2016
available formats: 12in vinyl LP // digital
Limited Edition of 250
"Rhyolite is benchmark album that stands squarely at the crossroads of sound, the natural environment and musical perception."
-Sequenza 21
Rhyolite explores the artist’s understanding of landscape through sound, memory, and patterns.
Side A, features “Fence, Amargosa Desert,” by Chris Kallmyer. This piece documents a wind-activated sound installation made from 200 glass bottles round in Rhyolite, Nevada. The clear and green bottles, known to have been left there by glad miners, are hung on an old wire fence to catch the wind. The fence was created by Kallmyer in summer 2010 and recorded by Kallmyer and Andrew McIntosh on May 24, 2013.
Side B features new works, written by Julia Holter and Lucky Dragons, in response to Kallmyer’s “Fence, Amargosa Desert.” These pieces suggest different ways of seeing and hearing the northern reaches of the Mojave Desert. Holter’s “Why We Come to Californy” filters Dust Bowl-era sentiment through her unique voice and perspective, while Lucky Dragon’s collection of 5 pieces present meditations on the essential elements of the sonic landscape.
The album is designed by Becca Lofchie, packaged with an insert of photos and interviews from the artists about their creative process and their relationship to the desert regions surrounding Los Angeles, and also includes writings by sound and visual artist Steve Roden.
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12in vinyl LP // $25.00
digital download // $8.00
credits
released May 13, 2016
Author, Concept, Direction: Chris Kallmyer
Design: Becca Lofchie
Recording: Chris Kallmyer and Andrew McIntosh, May 24, 2013.
Sound Editing and Mixing: Nick Tipp
Mastering: Gil Tamazyan at Capsule Labs
released May 13, 2016
Author, Concept, Direction: Chris Kallmyer
Design: Becca Lofchie
Recording: Chris Kallmyer and Andrew McIntosh, May 24, 2013.
Sound Editing and Mixing: Nick Tipp
Mastering: Gil Tamazyan at Capsule Labs