Land Waves Snow Palms SKU: VGLP057 Barcode: 5051083164689 19.00 £19.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Village Green Released Date: 11th December 2020 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Land Waves, the third album by new minimalists Snow Palms, is the project’s first full length since becoming a duo. At times it is like Terry Riley with Lex Baxter in Japan, at others it could be the soundtrack to a meditation centre in neo-Tokyo dreamed up by William Gibson and Brian Eno. Its patterns and textures accelerate and resolve with drama and intent, its abstractions rendered by a distinctive kinetic sound world of mallets and synthesizers conjuring real and imaginary landscapes. In 2017 Snow Palms originator, the musician, critic and tutor David Sheppard, invited fellow, composer, producer and academic Matt Gooderson to formally join the project, after spending time together experimenting in the studio. “We have quite different musical backgrounds but found we were responding to and searching for the same things in music,” explains Sheppard, “Over time, we evolved both a methodology and a signature sound.” The album’s opener ‘Atom Dance, which is like Martin Denny’s orchestra reinterpreting Steve Reich, crescendos to heart-stirring finale. ‘Everything Ascending’ counts out a human heartbeat before reaching for the stars in glittering synths and galaxies of soaring vocals; ‘Evening Rain Gardens’ is soothing music for a meditation centre from the future. Title track ‘Land Waves’ is a restrained epic, equal parts vast panorama and decorous motif. The graceful woodwinds of ‘Thought Shadow’ express the album’s more reflective moments, while the shifting rhythmic patterns of ‘Kojo Yakei’ evoke the concept it’s named for – a Japanese trend for night-time visits to factories and refineries decorated in lights. Inexorably enveloping closing track ‘White Cranes Return’ is a requiem for twilight, when soft shadows are drawn over a landscape. Land Waves is hallmarked by the voice of Matt Gooderson’s partner Megan, who was pregnant with their son during recording sessions. Her empyrean vocals are woven into the tapestry of the album, grounding the music in the human, as glockenspiels, marimbas and clarinets move in lockstep with arpeggiated modular synthesizers and glinting percussion. “Adding the human voice to this sound world adds a generous new dimension and opens up and a whole new vista for Snow Palms,” says Sheppard. “It’s a buoyant and uplifting record, which I love deeply, agrees Gooderson, “That feeling is much needed in these times of crisis…” Artist Snow Palms Genre Electronica Label Village Green Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings 1 Atom Dance 2 Everything Ascending 3 Evening Rain Gardens 4 Land Waves 5 Thought Shadow 6 Kojo Yakei 7 White Cranes Return Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Snow Palms and more from Electronica View Product Quick View Snow Palms Origin and Echo Electronica | Village Green | 1LP Released 17th November 2017 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Snow Palms Origin and Echo £17.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Village Green SKU: VGLP030 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 17th November 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Nigo Kung Fu Fightin’ (12 inch single) Electronica | Mo Wax | 12", Single Released 17th September 2021 £4.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Nigo Kung Fu Fightin’ (12 inch single) £4.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Mo Wax SKU: nn230149 Formats: 12", Single Released Date: 17th September 2021 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Brian Eno and Roger Eno Mixing Colours Electronica | Deutsche Grammophon | 2LP Released 20th March 2020 £29.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Brian Eno and Roger Eno Mixing Colours £29.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Deutsche Grammophon SKU: 4837772 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 20th March 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Ash Koosha Guud Electronica | Olde English Spelling Bee | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 29th April 2021 £12.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Ash Koosha Guud £12.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Olde English Spelling Bee SKU: nn222500 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 29th April 2021 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Richard H Kirk Dasein Electronica | Intone | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 30th June 2017 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Richard H Kirk Dasein £21.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Intone SKU: INTONELP1 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 30th June 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders On Sale View Product Quick View Moderat MORE D4TA Electronica | Monkeytown Records | 180g, 1LP Released 13th May 2022 £18.99 - £22.00 £26.00 Select options Reserve View Reservations Moderat MORE D4TA £18.99 - £22.00 £26.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Monkeytown Records Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 13th May 2022 Reserve View Reservations Read More Select options View Product Quick View Klaus Schulze and Pete Namlook The Dark Side of the Moog Vol. 1 (Wish You Were There) Electronica | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 2LP Released 8th June 2018 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Klaus Schulze and Pete Namlook The Dark Side of the Moog Vol. 1 (Wish You Were There) £24.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP2101 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 8th June 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Darkstar Civic Jams Electronica | Warp | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 19th June 2020 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Darkstar Civic Jams £17.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Warp SKU: WARPLP312 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 19th June 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Quantic Apricot Morning Electronica | Tru Thoughts | 2LP Released 28th August 2020 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Quantic Apricot Morning £18.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Tru Thoughts SKU: TRULP034 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 28th August 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Alias Eyes Closed E.P (Limited Green Vinyl) Electronica | Anticon | 12", EP/Mini Album Released 15th June 2020 £7.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Alias Eyes Closed E.P (Limited Green Vinyl) £7.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Anticon SKU: nn205907 Formats: 12", EP/Mini Album Released Date: 15th June 2020 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Carpenter Brut Trilogy Electronica | Caroline FR | 3LP Released 30th June 2017 £32.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Carpenter Brut Trilogy £32.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Caroline FR SKU: 5760674 Formats: 3LP Released Date: 30th June 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Electronica Start again
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