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• Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith announces video for Arthropoda

  Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith has shared the video for “Arthropoda” from her album EARS. It stars director Melanie Lane, who dances by herself at the cavernous Stapelbäddsparken skate park in Malmö, Sweden.

• Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith releases album EARS

  Composer, performer, and producer Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith’s new album ‘EARS’ is an immersive listening experience in which dizzying swirls of organic and synthesized sounds work together to create a sense of three-dimensional space and propulsion. Dense and carefully crafted, each of the songs on ‘EARS’ unfolds with a fluid elegance, while maintaining a spontaneous energy, and a sprightly sense of discovery.

  Much of the album’s warmth and energy stems from Smith’s use of the versatile analog synthesizer, the Buchla Music Easel. According to Smith “Nothing compares to the sound of a Buchla. In my mind a Buchla synthesizer has the most human sound in it. I wanted to show the Easel’s versatility and range of motion within a live set. I also wanted to spend as little time as possible in front of the computer during the creation”.

  “Beguiling, kaleidoscopic, spiritual synth visions” 4/5 Mojo
  “A special record” 8/10 Uncut
  “EARS sees the human, the organic, and the cosmic cast aloft together, spinning and enveloping the world, illustrated as perfect and beautiful” 8/10 Crack Magazine
  “A richly mastered convoy of drones of both acoustic and electronic provenance” The Wire
  “I absolutely love her work…an incredible tune that runs in excess of 11 minutes, but if you can offer your patience, it’ll reward you handsomely, trust me” Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC 6 Music

  Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith ‘EARS’
  Release Date: 1st April 2016
  Label: Western Vinyl
  Formats: LP // CD // Digital
  Cat No: WV145

  01. First Flight
  02. Wetlands
  03. Envelop
  04. When I try, I’m Full
  05. Rare Things Grow
  06. Arthropoda
  07. Stratus
  08. Existence in the Unfurling

  Live:
  01/04/2016 Fri NETHERLANDS THE HAGUE Rewire Festival
  02/04/2016 Sat NETHERLANDS THE HAGUE Rewire Q&A
  04/04/2016 Mon NETHERLANDS AMSTERDAM Muziekgebouw w/ Anna Meredith
  05/04/2016 Tue SWITZERLAND LAUSANNE Les Docks w/ Battles
  06/04/2016 Wed SWITZERLAND ZURICH Rote Fabrik w/ Battles
  07/04/2016 Thu GERMANY BERLIN Kantine am Berghain
  12/04/2016 Tue SERBIA BELGRADE Resonate Festival
  13/04/2016 Wed GERMANY BERLIN Ableton User Group Meeting
  14/04/2016 Thu CZECH REPUBLIC PRAGUE Meet Factory
  15/04/2016 Fri AUSTRIA LINZ Stadtwerkstatt / Kirchengasse 7
  03/07/2016 Sun UK LONDON LSO St Luke’s for Possibly Colliding

   

   

• Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith releases album teaser + single

  Ahead of her support set on Animal Collective’s upcoming tour, the Washington experimental electronic artist debuts her new single.

  You might not be super familiar with Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith’s name but you might’ve heard her sound design work in the outro of Panda Bear’s “Boys Latin” video. Over the past two years, the Washington native has released two albums of ambient electronic music on Western Vinyl and is now gearing up to put out her third, titled EARS. Standout single “Arthopoda” is like an enchanting maze: Smith uses a Buchla synthesizer to create an amazing array of electronic sounds that conjure up forest-like imagery for her voice to get lost in.

  “In recording EARS, my intention was to take audiences on a sonic motion ride through a futuristic jungle,” Smith told The FADER over email. “I am inspired by the works of Moebius and Miyazaki—in particular the film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind—I wanted to play with visceral sounds that pull one between feelings of beauty and dissonance, chaos and order. My hope is that, on a straight-through listen, in a darkened room, on a loud stereo, EARS will inspire a rich visual narrative in listeners’ minds.”

  Western Vinyl will release EARS on April 1, 2016.

  Read the full The Fader article By SHAELYNE MOODIE here