Gone To Earth, by a s y l u m p e a c e

Gone To Earth

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1.	g e n e s i s (i) g e n e s i s intro (ii) g e n e s i s 05:05	lyrics	buy track
'Every dawn is the re-enactment of the world's genesis, and the rising up of the light is the rising up of light' - John Stewart Collis, in 'The Worm Forgives The Plough'
2.	The Light That Will Come 05:53	info	buy track
3.	A Time To Embrace (and a time to refrain from embracing) 02:35	info	buy track
4.	Gone To Earth 08:00	info	buy track
5.	On Waking (Still Dreaming) 02:52	info	buy track

about

Gone To Earth mini-album is an interim release by Christopher Andreas' a s y l u m p e a c e project. It precedes a still to be finalised long album release to be titled The Wayfarer and The Son.

"The unfolding Covid-19 situation seemed to create in me an impulse to respond 'artistically'; this in common, of course, with countless artists across all forms and contexts. So I do not claim to be at all unusual or original in this response. I can say, though, that it was not at first intentional to comment on the situation in this sense. It just seemed to, well... well up.

The tracks consist of a number of existing or older elements in my archive - guitar-based soundscapes, loops, melodic sketches, samples, etc - to which have been added many new elements. The Light That Will Come essentially dates back to the Some Must Watch While Some Must Sleep era (it was originally titled A Bitter Earth?) and so is particularly lo-fi and of that SMWWSMS aesthetic! On Waking (Still Dreaming) is a kind of remix of elements from On Waking (I Instantly Understood), also from SMWWSMS.

I offer this mini album as a free download or to stream. Thank you for finding or seeking out my a s y l u m p e a c e music, and for listening - I truly appreciate this. I do wish you the very, very best in your circumstances as you seek to navigate your way through this current complex, unprecedented and at times (and we know for many) distressing situation and its aftermath"

Kindest Regards, Christopher Andreas

credits

released June 13, 2020

(also available - liner notes/credit sheet (PDF)

Christopher Andreas:
12-STRING ELECTRIC & RESONATOR GUITARS; E-BOW; SAMPLES & FIELD RECORDINGS; LOOPS; NUMARK X9; LOW WHISTLE

Recorded at Stúdíó Tré, near Edinburgh, Scotland

Produced, mixed and mastered by Christopher Andreas

Literary quote on g e n e s i s: John Stewart Collis in ‘The Worm Forgives The Plough’; courtesy the author’s estate.

Monologue on A Time To Embrace the voice of Mrs Edna Boone, speaking in 2008; courtesy Alabama Department of Archives & History.
‘A time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing’ from Ecclesiastes 3:5, The Bible, various translations.

Photography & Design by Christopher Andreas

Special thanks and affection to:
Frances R, Steve Justin, Jon Michaelson – for all their support and encouragement.

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asylumpeace Edinburgh, UK

...My search to produce sounds that are part of my personal emotional loop, and the hope that they may touch or tap into that of a listener, has led me to piece together these modest, essentially lo-fi recordings. I lay them before anyone who is so very kind-enough to listen as my rendition of landscape, environment and relationships.

With grateful thanks, Christopher Andreas ... more

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