Whettman Chelmets - Long Read Memories
Crossing into the sombre heaviness... Whettman Chelmets pulls from nearly twenty years of recorded compositions. Sensitive fragments filled with emotion and creativity, outlets for expression of the feelings at the time. Individually these tracks don't fit with other pieces created over this duration. Difficult to add introspective and happy together, to the artist is does not make sense. Over time, the accumulation of sentiment begins to become something more. Affiliation of sounds through all the years makes complete sense and transforms into "Long Read Memories".
The story of this release can be read on Whettman Chelmets' bandcamp page. Would feel more comfortable with those interested reading the artist's words than those in this description. Long Read Memories is eight tracks just under forty minutes. Amazingly, for creative work spanning almost two decades, the cohesiveness is unprecedented. These sounds ooze imagery, like Whettman Chelmets has created a soundtrack for his experiences. The ambient aural haze of a conscious processing what is both possible and impossible. These sounds use Whettman Chelmets' sonic creativeness as well as samples of the events contributing to the this long period of time. Aural fragments of what can be helped and then everything beyond the threshold of ability. A weighty thought prevalent for many years. The result is far from sad or dolefully spiritous. Long Read Memories traces the outline of a life wrestling with emotions, then fills the enclosed space with productive gorgeousness. Most tracks following this plan with a few select moments bursting beyond containment. This newest release is a long time journey Whettman Chelmets shares with friends and listeners.
There are two versions of Long Read Memories, the compact disc used for description here and the cassette version released on Friday, October 11th. The disc is straight from Whettman Chelmets' bandcamp page, while the cassette is an Æscape Sounds label edition. Not sure of the number of compact discs, but there are only fifty cassette editions from the label. Both are currently available.
Cassette from Æscape Sounds label picture
Links
Whettman Chelmets - bandcamp - facebook - twitter
Æscape Sounds - bandcamp
Clandestine Label Services site
The story of this release can be read on Whettman Chelmets' bandcamp page. Would feel more comfortable with those interested reading the artist's words than those in this description. Long Read Memories is eight tracks just under forty minutes. Amazingly, for creative work spanning almost two decades, the cohesiveness is unprecedented. These sounds ooze imagery, like Whettman Chelmets has created a soundtrack for his experiences. The ambient aural haze of a conscious processing what is both possible and impossible. These sounds use Whettman Chelmets' sonic creativeness as well as samples of the events contributing to the this long period of time. Aural fragments of what can be helped and then everything beyond the threshold of ability. A weighty thought prevalent for many years. The result is far from sad or dolefully spiritous. Long Read Memories traces the outline of a life wrestling with emotions, then fills the enclosed space with productive gorgeousness. Most tracks following this plan with a few select moments bursting beyond containment. This newest release is a long time journey Whettman Chelmets shares with friends and listeners.
There are two versions of Long Read Memories, the compact disc used for description here and the cassette version released on Friday, October 11th. The disc is straight from Whettman Chelmets' bandcamp page, while the cassette is an Æscape Sounds label edition. Not sure of the number of compact discs, but there are only fifty cassette editions from the label. Both are currently available.
Cassette from Æscape Sounds label picture
Links
Whettman Chelmets - bandcamp - facebook - twitter
Æscape Sounds - bandcamp
Clandestine Label Services site
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