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Title:  Praeface Artist:  Lance Grabmiller; Mou Lips; Shannon Fields; The Gold Sparkle Band; HSOA; Nanaqui; Tim Perkis; Wobbly Label:  Praemedia Format:  CD Price:  € 12.00   Mp3 samples:   1   2

Title Description:
Compiled from 3 years worth of recordings, from live sets to mastered tracks, our new compilation Praeface stands as a guide to where Praemedia has been and where, as a new label, it is going.

Tracing various intersections of genres from improvisational jazz to plunderphonic electronics to field recordings, diverse splinters and fragmented roots sprout off into calm matrixes of sound. From Japan (Haco) through New York (The Gold Sparkle Band) to Italy (Mou, Lips!), the sounds merge in San Francisco. Pioneers of networked computer music (Tim Perkis) mix with modern masters (Wobbly), alongside unheard musicians and odd collaborations. Avant-jazz damaged blues sparks drum and bass roots to forage in an electrostatic world.

For all the monstrous mutations and shattered boundaries, the effect is soothing tranquility. Music for the ears. Precious gifts of sound open up in small fragments across the landscape of the disc, referencing comfortable moments of the familiar and merging them with a childlike fascination for the new.

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