Children Of The Wave present Carapace, their debut album, filled with
experiments in pop, ethnic-melds, near-country, acoustics, found sounds,
field recordings, and cinematic abstractions of the most textural, yet strangely melodic
inclination. Think early Animal Collective, Mum, Grand Salvo, Tuung, and
even Brian Eno with a creepy new age lilt. But don't think too hard because it's music
that sounds like nothing else.
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> Children Of The Wave came together in Melbourne in 2006, the union of a folk/pop songwriter
(Major Chord) and music writer and member of wrong rock/ noise outfit Front of Van. Carapace slowly evolved from studio experimentation, from half started musical
sentences, from uncomfortable silences and curious sonic experiments and have developed a unique
sound with elements of pastoral pop, field recordings and musique concrete imbedded in textural loops, harmonies, and conventional instruments such as organs, melodica and clarinet.
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'We both come from different worlds. He picks up an instrument and makes it sing. I make it uncomfortable
and push it in directions that were never intended. He found my music too obnoxious too visceral too evil.
I found his too gentle and sensitive. We began working together because we're old friends, but really I was on a mission to tear his face off and in retrospect I think he was on a mission to not just soothe me but introduce me to alien concepts like melody.'
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For Children Of The Wave everything in sight became a sound making device, from the kick drum sound
created by rhythmically banging a big green garbage bin to holding a microphone into a fan. Kakadu/Korean/Balianese
field recordings, the incredible African instrument the kora, violin, harmonium, melodica, clarinet, glockenspiel,
triangle, Casio keyboards, Pioneer cdDJ, harmonica, Roland SH09, Baldwin Fun Machine, piano, Farfisa, and
piano accordion, all played a part.
Hey gang, throughly love your album. Picked it up last week and it hasn't left the player yet. We would love to collaborate with you sometime. Seriously thank you.
you've no idea how much i love this.... except that maybe now you know that i love it.... so multiply that by a million..... thats how much.... and after that add 7.
