ARCANE DESIGNS

Arcane Designs is the sister album to In a Valley of Gilded Shame. So it similarly explores ambient and drone almost exclusively, with the exception of opener "Mono Lake" which features a simple bongo rhythm. It's perhaps slightly denser than Valley with longer tracks and a cleaner, more austere approach. A very small, limited CD-R run of the LP has been made available if anyone is interested.

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ARCANE DESIGNS (LP)

IN A VALLEY OF GILDED SHAME

In a Valley of Gilded Shame is an LP I just completed that I basically made in preparation for the impending release of Arcane Designs, a rather ambitious LP that I finished about a month ago. They are essentially sister albums, this one being shorter, with a major focus on ambient and drone, styles that I've never been a stranger to but while my previous work tends to flip-flop between atmosphere and structure, these albums are almost pure ambient. In a Valley of Gilded Shame opens with a drone song trilogy of sorts that was recorded onto tape, while the rest of the tracks were recorded digitally. I sample and loop a great deal of myself playing and my own instruments for many of the tracks here, including the occasional drum or beat for the last few songs, sort of breaking the "pure" ambient nature of the rest of the LP. Stay tuned for the release of Arcane Designs as well. I also plan on making physical copies of both these albums available (with color artwork!).

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IN A VALLEY OF GILDED SHAME

In a Valley of Gilded Shame track list:

01. I Wish I Were Going Home/Orchids/Ceremonial Headdress
02. Soft Death
03. Impossibly Devoted
04. Midnight Paranoia 2
05. Evening Redness
06. Rolling Valleys
07. The Silver Palace of Invisible Girls
08. Shadow & Shade
09. Fading Day