HELIOCHRYSYM – FORBIDDEN STRUCTURES

FORBIDDEN STRUCTURES

BACKGROUND

HELIOCHRYSUM IS A BRAND NEW PROJECT BASED IN LOS ANGELES A COLLABORATION BETWEEN COMPOSER MICHAEL DERAGON AND DANIEL LEA. A SCULPTED JOURNEY INTO NEW AURAL AND IMAGINATIVE COSMOLOGY.

TO MINE THE DEPTHS OF INDUSTRIAL AND SCIENCE FICTIONAL, PSYCHEDELIC SOUNDSCAPES, OFTEN CINEMATIC IN TONE AND TEXTURE. HELIOCHRYSUM ANNOUNCE THE RELEASE OF THEIR VISCERAL, DEEP AND EXPLORATORY DEBUT ALBUM WE BECOME MIST. THE ALBUM HAS BEEN MIXED BY BEN FROST AND MASTERED BY VALGEIR SIGURDSSON.

THIS DEBUT EP IS A VISCERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE DUO'S WORK; RICH DEEP AND EXPLORATORY. MIXED BY BEDCOM ALUMNI BEN FROST AND MASTERED BY LABEL OWNER VALGEIR SIGURDSSON, THESE TRACKS USE ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL PROCESSES TO MINE THE DEPTHS OF INDUSTRIAL AND SCIENCE FICTIONAL, PSYCHEDELIC SOUNDSCAPES, OFTEN CINEMATIC IN TONE AND TEXTURE.

THIS EP INTRODUCES AND PROCEEDS MORE AV AND RECORDING WORK IN 2021.

"THE HARMONY IN A
MELODIC SPRAY OF NEON...."

"CHROME PULSES THAT
BURN WITH ALARM AND
DULCET DRAMA...."

PROCESS

“FORBIDDEN STRUCTURES” WAS CONCEIVED AFTER “WE BECAME MIST” ALBUM WAS COMPLETE. THE 4 TRACK E.P FURTHER EXPLORED THE CONCEPTS WE WERE WORKING WITH ON THE ALBUM. HOWEVER “FORBIDDEN STRUCTURES” WAS CREATED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LOCKDOWN AND THAT CAN DEFINITELY BE HEARD ON TRACKS LIKE “LENS NOIR” THAT STARTS IN A HEIGHTENED STATE OF ANXIETY AND URGENCY THAT LATER DISSOLVES AND DISOPATES INTO A VERY DRAWN OUT, FOGGED OUT LIKE EUPHORIC AMBIENT SOUNDSCAPE.

THE EP INVOLVED A LOT OF PROCESSING AND PITCHING DOWN SYNTHESIZERS, MOSTLY THE PROPHET 12 AND THE DECKARD’S DREAM. “BUILDING LIGHTS” IS THE MOST WARMING OF THE 4 COMPOSITIONS, GROUNDED IN A MAJOR KEY BUT LEANING ON THE MINOR FOR AN EMOTIONAL DRIVING FORCE. “BUILDING LIGHTS” IS BOTH REFLECTIVE, EUPHORIC AND HOPEFUL IN IT’S TEXTURAL AND FAIRLY STILL DELIVERY.

“LENS NOIR” WAS MOSTLY COMPOSED OF SAMPLED TEXTURES AND SYNTHESIZERS FROM “WE BECOME MIST” SOUND MATERIALS BUT THROUGH MANIPULATION FOUND A NEW VOICE AND TEXTURE. THE FUTURIST LIKE INTERRUPTIONS THAT DOMINATE THE FIRST HALF OF THE PIECE WERE ELECTRONIC BASS DRUMS AND MACHINE SOUNDS PROCESSED THROUGH RETRO MECHANICS “JEKYLL AND HYDE FILTER DISTORTION BOX” AND FURTHER SPREAD OUT THROUGH THE EVENTIDE SPACE REVERB.

“FORBIDDEN STRUCTURES” EP WAS THEN MIXED BY BEN FROST AT HIS OWN STUDIO IN REYKJAVIK. LATER STEMMED OUT AND FINALLY MIXED THROUGH A NEVE DESK AT KINGSIZE STUDIOS IN LOS ANGELES.

FINALLY THE ALBUM WAS MASTERED BY VALGIER SIGGERSON (BEDROOM COMMUNITY LABEL OWNER AND COMPOSER) AT GREENHOUSE STUDIOS IN REYKJAVIK

TRACKLIST

1. FORBIDDEN STRUCTURES
2. BUILDING LIGHTS
3. APEX
4. LENS NOIR

CREDITS

COMPOSED AND PRODUCED BY M.DERAGON & DANIEL LEA

M.DERAGON: GUITARS, SYNTHESIZERS,
DULCITONE & PIANO

DANIEL LEA: SOUND DESIGN, PRODUCTION, EBOWS, SYNTHESIZERS, DULCITONE & PIANO

BETHAN KELLOUGH: STRINGS ON “WE BECOME MIST”

MIXED BY BEN FROST

MASTERED BY VALGIER SIGURDSSON

ARTWORK BY ROBERTO CRIPPA

RELEASED BY BEDROOM COMMUNITY FEBRUARY 2021