James BERNARD / ANTHENE - Soft Octaves

Format: limited 180 gram pink & blue vinyl LP + download code
Catalogue No.: PITPV060
Release Date: 22 Dec 2023
Genre: Ambient/Drone

California's James Bernard is a much-loved regular on this label as well as being a veteran of the wider ambient scene who has been hard at it for more than three decades. His latest outing on Past Inside The Present with Anthene (aka Brad Deschamps of Toronto) is Soft Octaves, an album that finds them crafting a series of sounds using electric six-string bass. It has a huge range from the deepest depths to the wispiest of highs and each of the tracks here was recorded in one single take. The results are spellbinding indeed and the range of the bass's sonic ability is astonishing as it sounds at times like a cello, at others woodwind and is always intriguing.

Tracklist
1. "Point Of Departure"
2. "Flow State"
3. "Suadade"
4. "Trembling House" (feat Marine Eyes)
5. "Overcast"
6. "Soft Octaves"
7. "Cortege"
8. "Renascence"
9. "Summation"