artists: DALE LLOYD
title: Eminus: Hymns From The Horizon
catalog number: and/5
release year: 2002 / 2003
format: CDR
status: sold out
title: Eminus: Hymns From The Horizon
catalog number: and/5
release year: 2002 / 2003
format: CDR
status: sold out
Amorphic works composed from metal and wood sound sources (some of which
were objects performed by Jon Tulchin and Isaac Sterling), field recordings, and
voices.
"Eminus came out of an ongoing fascination for distant and indecipherable
sounds. This work contains 6 silent tracks out of 17, varying from 10 seconds to 55
seconds in length. Listening to this disc while in the "shuffle" mode on your cd
player, is highly recommended after the first initial listen, if one is so inclined."
(Dale Lloyd)
"Nascent landscapes derived from filaments of clouds, vague appearances, a
deep dive into subliminal occurrences..."
(Daniel Crokaert - Mystery Sea)
were objects performed by Jon Tulchin and Isaac Sterling), field recordings, and
voices.
"Eminus came out of an ongoing fascination for distant and indecipherable
sounds. This work contains 6 silent tracks out of 17, varying from 10 seconds to 55
seconds in length. Listening to this disc while in the "shuffle" mode on your cd
player, is highly recommended after the first initial listen, if one is so inclined."
(Dale Lloyd)
"Nascent landscapes derived from filaments of clouds, vague appearances, a
deep dive into subliminal occurrences..."
(Daniel Crokaert - Mystery Sea)
REVIEWS
EAR / RATIONAL (APRIL 2004)
This disc starts with a beautiful track - it sounds like the deepest ocean or an aurora
borealis. Many tracks on here have bass notes that seem like deep rolling thunder
across a never ending plain with the ever so slightest hints of other harmonic
frequencies. Pure listening pleasure. This is delicate music, one dog barking outside
would forever change the actual recording on the CD. Sometimes I wish I could see
wind - all you can see is its effects but you never get to actually see it by itself. But
this CD is what wind sounds like. I want to get 10 subwoofers all around my house
and attempt to destroy the foundation by playing this disc at top volume. (Don Poe)
This disc starts with a beautiful track - it sounds like the deepest ocean or an aurora
borealis. Many tracks on here have bass notes that seem like deep rolling thunder
across a never ending plain with the ever so slightest hints of other harmonic
frequencies. Pure listening pleasure. This is delicate music, one dog barking outside
would forever change the actual recording on the CD. Sometimes I wish I could see
wind - all you can see is its effects but you never get to actually see it by itself. But
this CD is what wind sounds like. I want to get 10 subwoofers all around my house
and attempt to destroy the foundation by playing this disc at top volume. (Don Poe)
ReR (NOVEMBER 2003)
CD in a DVD box. Distant, indecipherable sounds. Atmospheres, serious low
frequencies. Quietly fascinating. (Chris Cutler)
CD in a DVD box. Distant, indecipherable sounds. Atmospheres, serious low
frequencies. Quietly fascinating. (Chris Cutler)
INCURSION issue 70 (AUGUST 2003)
Sound artist and phonographer Dale Lloyd released this recording on his own
and/OAR label last year. He's had a few releases since then, so admittedly, I'm a
little late in getting to this one. Growing out of a fascination with distant and
indecipherable sounds, the pieces collected here carry both the stillness and broad
trajectory of gazing out at the horizon, capturing its essence and amplifying its
resonance. These compositions were created using field recordings and voices, but
also recordings of metal and wood objects performed by Jon Tulchin and Isaac
Sterling. The compositions are accompanied by six short tracks of silence, ranging
from 10 to 55 seconds and peppered throughout the track list, meant to extend the
experience of listening, "to extend the spatial field of track occurances," or more
simply, to give the listener pause at certain moments to reflect on the sounds
contained herein. And, it should be said, this method works well. Whether listening
to the disc in continuous playback or in shuffle mode (as the notes suggest), the
overall impression is that I am listening to one long piece, with pauses, silences,
spaces in between events. When you look out on the horizon, maybe you are
greeted by the apparent silences of things, surprised by the stillness, then you might
hear something in the distance, a ship on the sea, the waves, the wind through the
branches, low frequencies combining in subtle turns, the sounds of which funnel
through your ears and cause vibrations that you can still feel, even now, as days,
months, years, have passed since you heard those sounds, still alive in your memory,
still resounding from the distance. (Richard di Santo)
Sound artist and phonographer Dale Lloyd released this recording on his own
and/OAR label last year. He's had a few releases since then, so admittedly, I'm a
little late in getting to this one. Growing out of a fascination with distant and
indecipherable sounds, the pieces collected here carry both the stillness and broad
trajectory of gazing out at the horizon, capturing its essence and amplifying its
resonance. These compositions were created using field recordings and voices, but
also recordings of metal and wood objects performed by Jon Tulchin and Isaac
Sterling. The compositions are accompanied by six short tracks of silence, ranging
from 10 to 55 seconds and peppered throughout the track list, meant to extend the
experience of listening, "to extend the spatial field of track occurances," or more
simply, to give the listener pause at certain moments to reflect on the sounds
contained herein. And, it should be said, this method works well. Whether listening
to the disc in continuous playback or in shuffle mode (as the notes suggest), the
overall impression is that I am listening to one long piece, with pauses, silences,
spaces in between events. When you look out on the horizon, maybe you are
greeted by the apparent silences of things, surprised by the stillness, then you might
hear something in the distance, a ship on the sea, the waves, the wind through the
branches, low frequencies combining in subtle turns, the sounds of which funnel
through your ears and cause vibrations that you can still feel, even now, as days,
months, years, have passed since you heard those sounds, still alive in your memory,
still resounding from the distance. (Richard di Santo)
