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 View Product Quick View Shire T Tomorrow’s People Electronica | Dama Dama | 1LP Released 20th August 2021 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Shire T Tomorrow’s People £17.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Dama Dama SKU: DAMA010 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 20th August 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Lomond Campbell LŪP Electronica | One Little Independent | 1LP Released 22nd October 2021 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lomond Campbell LŪP £19.00 Genre: Electronica Label: One Little Independent SKU: TPLP1680 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 22nd October 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Siglo XX [PIAS] 40 Electronica | PIAS | 12", EP/Mini Album Released 28th April 2023 £13.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Siglo XX [PIAS] 40 £13.00 Genre: Electronica Label: PIAS SKU: BIAS4002 Formats: 12", EP/Mini Album Released Date: 28th April 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Suicideyear Color The Weather Electronica | Lucky Me | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 17th August 2018 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Suicideyear Color The Weather £17.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Lucky Me SKU: LM051LP Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 17th August 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Photek Modus Operandi Electronica | Proper Records | 3LP Released 15th December 2023 £50.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Photek Modus Operandi £50.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Proper Records SKU: UMCLP076 Formats: 3LP Released Date: 15th December 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Machinedrum A View of U Electronica | Ninja Tune | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 9th October 2020 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Machinedrum A View of U £20.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Ninja Tune SKU: ZEN270 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 9th October 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jon Hopkins Opalescent Electronica | Just Music | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 6th August 2021 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jon Hopkins Opalescent £22.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Just Music SKU: TAOLPIN006 Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 6th August 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bibio Phantom Brickworks (IV & V) Electronica | Warp | 1LP Released 9th November 2018 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bibio Phantom Brickworks (IV & V) £14.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Warp SKU: WAP428 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 9th November 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Kraftwerk The Mix (German Version) RSD Stores Exclusive Electronica | Parlophone | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 9th October 2020 £48.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Kraftwerk The Mix (German Version) RSD Stores Exclusive £48.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Parlophone SKU: 0190295272111 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 9th October 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Other People Place, The Lifestyles Of The Laptop Café Electronica | Warp | 2LP, Includes Download Code Released 7th February 2017 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Other People Place, The Lifestyles Of The Laptop Café £20.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Warp SKU: WARPLP90R Formats: 2LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 7th February 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Electronica Start again
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