{"product_id":"snow-palms-land-waves-lp","title":"Snow Palms - Land Waves [LP]","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat:\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e LP\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.:\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e VGLP057\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eBarcode:\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 5051083164689 \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eRelease Date: 11th December 2020\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Experimental\/Electronic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e ‘Land Waves’, the third album by new minimalists Snow Palms, is the project’s first full length since becoming a duo. At times it is like Terry Riley with Lex Baxter in Japan, at others it could be the soundtrack to a meditation centre in neo-Tokyo dreamed up by William Gibson and Brian Eno. Its patterns and textures accelerate\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand resolve with drama and intent, its abstractions rendered by a distinctive kinetic sound world of mallets and synthesizers conjuring real and imaginary landscapes.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e In 2017 Snow Palms originator, the musician, critic and tutor David Sheppard, invited fellow composer, producer and academic Matt Gooderson to formally join the project, after spending time together experimenting in the studio. “We have quite different musical backgrounds but found we were responding to and searching for the same things in music,” explains Sheppard, “Over time, we evolved both a methodology and a signature sound.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e The album’s opener ‘Atom Dance’, which is like Martin Denny’s orchestra reinterpreting Steve Reich, crescendos to heart-stirring finale; ‘Everything Ascending’ counts out a human heartbeat before reaching for the stars in glittering synths and galaxies of soaring vocals; ‘Evening Rain Gardens’ is soothing music for a meditation\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ecentre from the future. Title track ‘Land Waves’ is a restrained epic, equal parts vast panorama and decorous motif. The graceful woodwinds of ‘Thought Shadow’ express the album’s more reflective moments, while the shifting rhythmic patterns of ‘Kojo Yakei’ evoke the concept it’s named for - a Japanese trend for night-time visits to\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efactories and refineries decorated in lights. Inexorably enveloping closing track ‘White Cranes Return’ is a requiem for twilight, when soft shadows are drawn over a landscape.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e ‘Land Waves’ is hallmarked by the voice of Matt Gooderson’s partner Megan, who was pregnant with their son during recording sessions. Her empyrean vocals are woven into the tapestry of the album, grounding the music in the human, as glockenspiels, marimbas and clarinets move in lockstep with arpeggiated modular synthesizers and glinting percussion. “Adding the human voice to this sound world\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eadds a generous new dimension and opens up and a whole new vista for Snow Palms,” says Sheppard. “It’s a buoyant and uplifting record, which I love deeply,” agrees Gooderson, “That feeling is much needed in these times of crisis.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTracklisting:\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAtom Dance\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEverything Ascending\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEvening Rain Gardens\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLand Waves\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThought Shadow\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKojo Yakei\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhite Cranes Return\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Village Green","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36860178792604,"sku":"VGLP057","price":19.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/SnowPalms-LandWaves_2a82057a-3164-426a-8a57-5738cb8ae899.jpg?v=1605374277","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/snow-palms-land-waves-lp","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}