Paintings for Animals is the vocal electronic music of Pearson Wallace-Hoyt in collaboration with & with samples of...
Jackie An, Liam Barnes, Chandley Burress, Christopher Clinton, Emrys Crawford, Eric Darst, Hans Estes, Evan Gilman, Spencer Grossman, Bob Hammond, Tom Hanna, Aaron Jenkins, Ky Jenson-Stewart, Ariel Krasik-Geiger, Dmitri Lebid, Patrick McMurchie, Devon O'Rourke, Costi Parvulescu, Alexander Porter, Andrew Pierot, Christopher Reeves, Derek Repsch, Aslan Rife, Lyle Rose, Leah Ruthrauff, Michaud Savage, Gus Seixas, Katie Shoepflin, Gavin Steele, Tessa Stifler, Luke Sumpter, Jake Sweeney-Samuelson, Eleanor & Michal Szostalo.
Influences
Coil, Elph, Black Light District, Stockhausen, Xenakis, Derek Repsch, John Cage, Set Fire to Flames, Jake Sweeney-Samuelson, A Silver Mt. Zion, John Coltrane, Mogwai, William Anderson, Robin Holcomb, Bjork, Aphex Twin, Autechre, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Fred Frith, Radiohead, Mum, Gyorgy Ligeti, Alva Noto, Aslan Rife, Steve Reich, Charles Mingus, Arnold Schoenberg, Hafler Trio, William Basinski, Keith Rowe, Keiji Haino, Ravi Shankar, Arvo Part, Ryoji Ikeda, Glenn Branca, Sachiko M, Toshimaru Nakamura, The Velvet Underground, Krysztof Penderecki, Astor Piazzolla, Evan Gilman, The Beatles, Rorogwela, Katie Schoepflin, Ornette Coleman, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Dntel, Robert Schumann, COH, Franz Schubert, Sonic Youth, Miles Davis, Dmitri Shostakovich, Biosphere, Michal Szostalo, The Boredoms, Matmos, The Books, James Bond - Classic Gentlemen, Ikue Mori, Ludwig van Beethoven, Juana Molina, Aki Onda, Johannes Sebastian Bach, Alan Hovhaness, Elliot Sharp, Gavin Bryars, Paul Motion, Bill Frisell, Johnny Greenwood, Matthew Shipp, Miles Davis, Bela Bartok, Merzbow, Sun Ra, Tortoise, Black Sun Productions, White Rabbit, David Bowie, 23 Skidoo, Current 93, Modest Mouse, Kenji Kawai, Senking, Opiate, Flatland, Boards of Canada, Kim Hiorthoy, Mouse on Mars, The Dirty Projectors, Derek Bailey, La Monte Young, Tin Hat Trio (not Quartet), Cecil Taylor, Talking Heads, Oswaldo Golijov, David Byrne, Christopher Clinton, Hans Estes, Erik Satie, Jean Sibelius, Tagaq, Dirty Three, Lightning Bolt, Nommo Ogo, Eustachian, Fpod Bpod, The Microphones, Mount Eerie, TV on the Radio, Karl Blau, Volcano the Bear, Dennis Driscoll, Konono No1, Deerhoof
FORTHCOMING
Apocraphonia [Cassette] - Keben
Ecovitus [CDr] - Painted Records
ARRIVALS & OFFERINGS
Sleep's Keeper ov thee Sea was released in support of New Red Sun's fall West Coast tour, many stops of which featured Paintings set. This album features darkened a poetry cycle with resonant vocals layering into tapestries ranging from dense rivers of noise & distantly splitting horizons. 5 tracks dedicated to the great incluences of Aslan Rife, Christopher Greenchild, Jhonn Balance, Nolan Ashley & Brooke Gillespie.
[PR004] Sleep's Keeper ov thee Sea 5" CDr
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Whale Hunter is available now, self-released on Painted Records. Edition of 23 3" CD-R painted & stamped, housed on hand-cut cardboard stock, with photo cutout, album info printed on Japanese-English dictionary & bound with red twine. Recorded 2009 at the Minor Tower in Seattle, WA & field recordings taken in Mt Rainier National Park & the Olympic National Rain Forest.
[PR002] Whale Hunter 3" CD-R
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Cistern Air - the first official Paintings release - is available for digital download [AR023] from Aphonia Recordings. Also self-released in a hand-made limited edition of 50 CD-R. These phsyical copies are stenciled & housed on a balsa wood body with image transparency & unique photo inlay. Samples feature Hillary Crawford, Tom Hanna, Ky Jensen-Sewart, Aslan Rife & Michaud Savage.
[PR001] Cistern Air 5" CD-R
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BIO
Heavy drones, overtone melodies & the sound of the land – Paintings for Animals is the vocal electro-acoustic music of Pearson Wallace-Hoyt. The sound possesses an archaic resonance connecting the human voice with an Earthen narrative of the landscape, flora, fauna & human ritual of both pre & post-history. Started in 2001 & transformed for performance in 2007, countless shows have taken place at art, dance & music galleries, warehouses, bars, cafés, DIY venues & on live radio. Paintings music has been used in film, for video, installation & with dance.
"I think it was the smart folks in Midday Veil who told me about Paintings for Animals (Seattle musician Pearson Wallace-Hoyt and myriad highly evolved cats) a while ago, but somehow his name slipped my mind—until now. Thankfully, Paintings for Animals returned to my consciousness—and proceeded to raise it to astronomic heights. PFA's gist resides in mysterious drones filigreed with field recordings of equally enigmatic origins. Uneasy atmospheres redolent of Coil and Organum's work drift through your sensorium, hover and whir for a while, and then rearrange the ganglia there. It's really something else—a weird party soundtrack at the microcosmic level or a score to your most mystical, baffling dreams."
-Dave Segal, The Stranger
"Prepare for a different brand of sonic bliss [...] when the haunting ambiences of Paintings for Animals will wash over you like waves at a heavenly deserted beach.
-Casey Catherwood, The Stranger
"Paintings for Animals make hypnotic and gorgeous collages from vocal snippets and field recordings; I had a hard time leaving their MySpace page."
-Christopher Delaurenti, The Stranger
would love to book you all here at the Hall again.... with less electrical problems this time! Hope all is well and talk to you soon..... In health! si~
