Midi /acoustic drums, plus Midi /electric guitar equals Obelus. Obelus employs a diverse range of sounds to create ambient atmospheres as well as glitchy grooves.
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Obelus has been collaborating with ndCv and Caitlin Sherman for the last 18 months. After doing a handful of shows we decided to actually make that a band. The new band is called Ada Loveless and you can check it out at www.myspace.com/adaloveless. Obelus is now back on track making ambient and IDM instrumental music
OBELUS MONTANA IS OUT NOW ON GREEN VINYL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Obelus goes to Montana by Dante Parks
The new release from local duo Obelus is aptly titled Montana, inspired by a rediscovered ambient track recorded on a secluded ranch. If you've ever wondered what Big Sky Country sounds like, this is the release for you—its lush, spacious improvisations deftly balancing drone, glitch, and silence. It's a departure from Obelus's more drum-centric fare, but the duo have always cast a wide creative net. Obelus invoke a bit of vinyl purity with this album, releasing the recording solely on limited-edition green vinyl.
Obelus have always emphasized live performance, and perhaps the best way to experience Montana is to see the duo onstage with MIDI guitar and drums, playing off of one another and the audience. They'll be doing that this Thursday at Nectar, with a bill rounded out by Logic Probe, Brett Bullion, ndCv, and a DJ set by Lusine. With all those forward-thinking artists on the same bill, the night sounds like an installment of retired weekly Oscillate.
There is not enough green vinyl in the world. There are also not enough ambient collections of music that actually work. Obelus’ Montana is a long, open, sifting piece of sound. The green vinyl limited release is out on Seattle / New York based Conduit Records and it’s waiting to seep out of your speakers.
Work might not be the proper word. Montana diffuses its way into your inner ear. It’s instrumental and in many ways experimenting. It works in that it gets into your thoughts and induces. The Obelus duo of Jason Goessel and Adam Pessl composes samples and beds of sound. They have a way of making their electro-acoustic manipulations interact and spread out while remaining intact. Guitars and synths are elongated and ruffled with clatter. There are places where Montana is broken up, yes, but those places are inspected, with whiskers, and scraped, then brought back into the whole.
Ambient albums are a unique division of music. Mountains and Mogwai’s quieter moments come to mind as examples that require repeat plays. Rachel’s Systems and Layers and Miles Davis’ Panthalassa as well.
Ambience that works isn’t played. It’s something that lives in your speakers and ears. Obelus’ Montana is alive and well.
by Trent Moorman
OBELUS MONTANA IS OUT NOW ON GREEN VINYL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You can pick it up at any local music store in Seattle and else where.
here are a couple suggestions:
Zion's Gate
Sonic Boom
Easy Street Records
Wall of Sound
Silver Platers
Electric Fetus (mpls)
or online from us at www.obelus.net
Some time ago, I commented about the LHC ( Large Haydron Collider) in Europe. The device they hope to recreate the moments of the BIG BANG with! Well, during recent preliminary trials a set of smaller magnets failed a pressure test, potentially delaying the Large Haydron Collidor's activation.
What is with the international science community's rush to recreate the conditions of the BIG BANG or even a miniature Black Hole?
This Unit is not 100% safe...so why take a chance with the fate of the Planet ?
Team Earth (all of us) needs to step up to these challenges and be compassionately Proactive!
Hope all is well with you obelus
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