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This album sprang out of an OuLiPo-inspired exercise on limited sound sources and would have been entirely made out of a 1 minute long harmonica recording, if it wasn't for a human voice, a guitar drone & the resulting snare drum vibration (#2) and a ride cymbal sample (#3).
---------------------------------------------------------------------- *Also available on CD (+DL) -bundled with "Civilization" & "In The Forest" - from Thirsty Leaves Music: thirstyleavesmusic.bandcamp.com/album/harmsbrightsmile-civilization-intheforest - ULTRA LTD EDITION OF 50! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CREDITS & THANKS TO: -all n4tural @ soundcloud.com/all-n4tural (live coding of harmonica treatments for #1 & 2, words & voice for #2) -Aris Tegos (baritone electric guitar improvisation) & Angelos Bournas (recording engineer for additional sounds) for #2. editing, processing, mixing, mastering & artwork by moody alien. released February 14, 2015 |
REVIEWS.
"[...] The album opens with “Harm’s Bright Smile” itself, a three track movement built around a one minute harmonica sample, with added textures of voice, guitar drone, cymbal and snare drum vibration. It’s quite sublime and transporting. [...]
On the whole, this meets nearly all of my subjective standards of excellence, and I hope it meets yours too."
Ian Sherred for The Sound Projector
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"[...] Although the instrumentation includes harmonica, acoustic guitar, baritone electric guitar, snare drum and ride cymbal, it is often difficult to tell what the sound source actually is. “Look Ma, No Arms” sounds like analogue synth from the space/rock days of the mid-seventies. I am reminded of Pink Floyd (circa ‘Meddle’) or Krautrock, with somber, shimmering electronics clouding our senses. Moody Alien does a great job of carefully manipulating his sounds, weaving in bits of random static, disembodied voices, ethereal and ghost-like… he is a subtle sonic manipulator who is able to change the mood or vibe by altering the way his sounds unfold, float and drift from space to space. [...]"
Bruce Lee Gallanter for Downtown Music Gallery
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"[...] He approaches the music in a similar way on the EP Harm´s Bright Smile. However, here it draws natural sounds only from the Soundcloud archive (all n4tural). In the song "(Waiting For) A Lull in the Noise" with Alien, Aris Tegos with a baritone electric guitar is also waiting for a quiet noise."
Jan Hocek for JazzPort.cz
"[...] The album opens with “Harm’s Bright Smile” itself, a three track movement built around a one minute harmonica sample, with added textures of voice, guitar drone, cymbal and snare drum vibration. It’s quite sublime and transporting. [...]
On the whole, this meets nearly all of my subjective standards of excellence, and I hope it meets yours too."
Ian Sherred for The Sound Projector
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"[...] Although the instrumentation includes harmonica, acoustic guitar, baritone electric guitar, snare drum and ride cymbal, it is often difficult to tell what the sound source actually is. “Look Ma, No Arms” sounds like analogue synth from the space/rock days of the mid-seventies. I am reminded of Pink Floyd (circa ‘Meddle’) or Krautrock, with somber, shimmering electronics clouding our senses. Moody Alien does a great job of carefully manipulating his sounds, weaving in bits of random static, disembodied voices, ethereal and ghost-like… he is a subtle sonic manipulator who is able to change the mood or vibe by altering the way his sounds unfold, float and drift from space to space. [...]"
Bruce Lee Gallanter for Downtown Music Gallery
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"[...] He approaches the music in a similar way on the EP Harm´s Bright Smile. However, here it draws natural sounds only from the Soundcloud archive (all n4tural). In the song "(Waiting For) A Lull in the Noise" with Alien, Aris Tegos with a baritone electric guitar is also waiting for a quiet noise."
Jan Hocek for JazzPort.cz
