We’ve taken a pause from our schedule of CD albums due to our local post office closing, following the outbreak of Covid19. We launched a digital series called Home Diaries, in which we’ll release EPs and albums by an international line-up of artists, with the music created during lockdown and social distancing conditions.
The series reflects a range of sounds, styles and ideas, as each artist portrays their own reflections uniquely. Each release is digital only for now, as we hope to raise what we can to help keep our label ticking over at this time. The releases feature a recurring polaroid image of a small lonely house, with a coloured filter chosen by the artist for each respective release.
In our next edition, we welcome back Nashville, USA based artist Daliah, whose album ‘Holy Mountain‘ was released on CD back in 2018. His Home Diaries entry sees a departure from his normal Ambient sound, towards a more musical approach as he utilises piano loops, sampling and resampling to tell the slowly unfolding story of staying indoors..
We have an exciting line-up to follow and each release will include bonus PDF liner notes, which has an interview with the artist on how they made the album, what their situation is like, what they have planned, their influences and what equipment/techniques they used. There are also additional photos provided by the artist as part of the PDF too. Click on the link below to check it out:
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https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/home-diaries-024
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Coming soon…
press release
“Home Diaries is an invitation to artists and musicians to create an album or EP to document their personal experience during the lockdown or social distancing conditions that are upon us, due to the coronavirus outbreak. The series reflects a range of sounds, styles and ideas, as each artist portrays their own reflections uniquely. Each release is digital only for now, as we hope to raise what we can to help keep our label ticking over at this time. The releases feature a recurring polaroid image of a small lonely house, with a coloured filter chosen by the artist for each respective release. We interview each artist and this is included as a bonus PDF with the download. You can also check out the Home Diaries series on Spotify if you prefer, which will be available to stream in due course.
For this next Home Diaries issue, we welcome back Daliah whose album ‘Holy Mountain’ was released on CDr in 2018. The artist behind the project, John Clubb, is based in Nashville, USA and has previously had a cassette release on Chilean label No Problema tapes.
John and his fiancée had just about finished renovating their RV when the pandemic took hold and their dreams of traveling were put on hold. Like many, they had to focus on the idea of staying put instead. For John, he saw the positivity in being able to use the time wisely and amongst many things, this included a chance to create music. He approached this Home Diaries record wanting to move away from his ambient sound and focus more on musical elements, including looped piano compositions and lots of sampling. Sampling has always been a key element to his approach, but he wanted to use this alongside more acoustic source material. John’s sampling is seamless and these layers of fractured sound tell a story, when the clock is ticking at half its normal rate.”
credits
Written and produced by John Clubb
Mastered by James Edward Armstrong
Artwork by Harry Towell
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