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Ballads

by Ashley Bellouin

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    Pressed on 140-gram vinyl, each LP is housed in a full color jacket and includes a 22x22” foldout poster, and download code.

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1.
Bourden 18:09
2.
Hummen 19:49

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With her debut album, 'Ballads', Bellouin presents the listener with two sidelong tracks, “Bourdon” and “Hummen” that slowly evolve over their respective courses. Both pieces focus on the acoustic and psychoacoustic phenomena that arise from microtonal tuning variations, and invite the audience to enter a heightened state of listening where small details become the primary focus.

Each track unfolds into an intricate auditory journey, suggesting subtle alterations to the perception of linear time. As the pieces progress, select tones emerge and transform the sound by revealing hidden overtones. The negative spaces between closely paired pitches are unveiled to create complex tonal structures and shifting rhythmic patterns.

"Bellouin, along with guitarist Ben Bracken and cellist Teddy Rankin (Parker) have created two atmospheric tracks that feel like ideas and emotions forming in some artistic “big bang”. Ballads follows in the footsteps of classic electronic and experimental composers like Terry Riley, Pauline Oliveros, Steve Reich, and Morton Subotnick and pushes the boundaries of what instrumental music can and should be." - J Hubner, Backseat Mafia, 2016

"Ballads is one of the most beautiful, consuming, and challenging works I’ve heard all year. I can feel it creeping into the future – leaving an imprint on the rest of my days." - Bradford Bailey, The Hum, 2016

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released November 11, 2016

Composed, performed, recorded, and mixed by Ashley Bellouin between the period of 2012-2015, with Ben Bracken and Teddy Rankin-Parker joining on electric guitar and cello, respectively.

“Bourdon” features the Sequential Prophet 6, custom electronics, harmonium, cello, and electric guitar.

“Hummen” features Bellouin’s hand-built glass armonica, custom electronics, harmonium, electric guitar, and aluminum rods.

Front image by Jason Houck
Back image by Dicky Bahto

Released by Drawing Room Records.

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