LAND – NIGHT WITHIN

NIGHT WITHIN

BACKGROUND

GUEST CONTRIBUTIONS INCLUDE DAVID SYLVIAN, DANIEL O'SULLIVAN (MIRACLE AND ULVER), DUKE GARWOOD AND MANY OTHERS WITH THE TWO CREATORS, DANIEL LEA AND MATTHEW WATERS, BOTH TAKING A DIRECTORIAL ROLE. THE ALBUM WAS SCULPTED IN REYKJAVIK BY BEN FROST, ENHANCED BY HIS SIGNATURE AURAL PHYSICALITY AND VISCERAL SUB BASS.

THE ALBUM IS A VAST COLLISION OF SOUND, FROM FREE BRASS AND WOODWIND TO "GEOMETRIC" BOWED CYMBALS AND METALLIC PERCUSSION.

BUT MORE THAN SIMPLY MUSIC, THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY L A N D DRAW ON AND EVOKE A WIDE RANGE OF ART FORMS.

THEY DESCRIBE THIS WORK AS, "APPROACHING AN APOCALYPTIC NOIR NARRATIVE," AND NIGHT WITHIN, DESPITE ITS SLATE VISUAL APPEAL WHICH RECALLS THE GREY PAINTINGS OF GERHARD RICHTER, THEMATICALLY POINTS TOWARDS A WORLD OCCUPIED BY THE EARLY POSTMODERN DETECTIVE STORIES OF PAUL AUSTER AND THE URBAN NEON DISLOCATION OF TAXI DRIVER WITH ITS EXISTENTIAL PROTAGONIST ROAMING THE CITY ALONE LATE AT NIGHT.

"LOWLIT NARRATIVE AND URBANE COLLISON OF POANICKY DISCORD...."

DAVID SYLVIAN & DANIEL O SULLIVAN

"WITH SUB BASS SO DEEP THAT IT ALMOST TO BE DESCRIBED IN TERMS OF SUBLIMINAL PERCEPTION"

PROCESS

“NIGHT WITHIN” WAS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN DANIEL LEA AND MATTHEW WATERS, AND A REVOLVING DOOR OF LIKE MINDED AND ESTABLISHED ARTISTS AND SESSION PLAYERS,

BOTH DUKE GARWOOD (HEAVENLY RECORDS/MARK LANEGAN) AND DOM GARWOOD PROVIDED THE NOIR LIKE CALLS OF THE SAXOPHONE AND CLARINET. DANIEL O’SULLIVAN (ULVER/SUNN O))))) ) ON PIANO, ALEXANDER TUCKER (GRUMBLING FURR) ON CELLO, PAUL COOK (M.CRAFT) ON DRUMS AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST DAVID SYLVIAN FROM ICONIC 80’S SYNTH BAND (JAPAN) ON VOCALS FOR THE TRACK “NOTHING IS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE”.

THE ALBUM WAS MOSTLY PLANNED CONCEIVED AND WROTE ON THE PIANO AND BOWED CYMBALS. MAINLY RIDE CYMBALS THAT WERE LATER PROCESSED AND PITCHED SHAPE CHORD PROGRESSIONS AND COMPOSITIONAL STRUCTURE.

TRACKS LIKE “HOTEL ROOM” INCLUDE DENSE SHARDS OF BOWED CYMBALS WITH METALLIC LIKE STOMPING PERCUSSION WEAVING BETWEEN LAYERS OF WAILING MUTED AND UNMUTED TRUMPETS.

THE ALBUM WAS DESCRIBED AS “APPROACHING AN APOCALYPTIC NOIR NARRATIVE” AND DOES INDEED DRAW ON THEMES OF ISOLATION AND NEON DISLOCATION, ROAMING A CITY AT NIGHT. TRACKS LIKE “NIGHT HAWKS” PAINT A PICTURE OF AN INDUSTRIAL JAZZ NOIR FILLED WORLD WITH GEOMETRIC STEEL LIKE TEXTURES WITH A WARM CLARINET GUIDING YOU INTO THE LIGHT BEYOND.

“NIGHT WITHIN” WAS LATER MIXED BY BEN FROST AT GREENHOUSE STUDIO’S IN REYKJAVIK.

FINALLY THE ALBUM WAS MASTERED BY CHRISTIAN WRIGHT (JOHNNY GREENWOOD SOUNDTRACKS/GRAVITY SOUNDTRACK) AT ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS.

TRACKLIST

1. NOTHING IS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE
2. INTO THE BLUE
3. STILLMAN
4. NIGHTHAWKS
5. COSMOPOLIS
6. HOTEL ROOM
7. COLD DESIRE

CREDITS

COMPOSED AND PRODUCED BY DANIEL LEA AND MATTHEW WATERS

MIXED BY BEN FROST
MASTERED BY CHRISTIAN WRIGHT

DANIEL LEA - GUITARS, PERCUSSION, PIANO, SOUND DESIGN & PROCESSING
MATTHEW WATERS - GUITARS AND PIANO

MATT COUSINS: BASS
DOM GARWOOD: CLARINET
DUKE GARWOOD: CLARINET AND SAXOPHONE
JAMIE McCARTHY: VIOLINS
DANIEL O’SULLIVAN: PIANO
DAVID SYLVIAN: VOCALS
ALEXANDER TUCKER: CELLO
RICHARD TURNER: TRUMPET

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