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White/Light
Experimental / Psychedelic / Jam Band

"SCCCRRREEEEEEEEEEEE"

CHICAGO, Illinois
United States

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   White/Light: General Info
Member Since9/30/2005
Band Websitejeremylemos.com
Band MembersMatt Clark & Jeremy Lemos
Record LabelSmells Like Records / Rebis / Holy Mountain
Type of LabelIndie




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   About White/Light
We just got a nice write up about our show in the Reader...

True to the Velvets reference of their name, local duo WHITE/LIGHT use drones, feedback, and fuguelike repetition to create haunting, ominous long-form structures. Keyboardist-engineer Jeremy Lemos and guitarist Matthew Clark released their self-titled debut on local label Rebis Records in 2005: it’s 50 minutes of disembodied reverberations and deep tectonic shivers that you experience as much with the follicles and gut as with the ears. (Each track is named for its running time, the majestic centerpiece being “28:43.”) This past spring they teamed up with Robert Lowe (of 90 Day Men and solo group Lichens) for White/Lichens, released by the prominent doom/drone/psych label Holy Mountain. The wide-ranging results encompass ethno-ambient trance (“Stolas, or Stolos”), mountain-of-amps guitar scree (“Belial”), and howling, silvery soundscapes reminiscent of Xenakis’s electronic work (“Amdusia, or Amdukias”) before coming to a cathartic close with “Bael”—a brutal 16-minute electric maelstrom that pays simultaneous tribute to British noise freaks Skullflower and to everybody’s favorite three-headed Goetian archdemon. —J. Niimi When I saw TEITH a month or so back, they took the stage with animal half-masks glued to their faces—a pretty hard-core way for a drone band to cute it up, but welcome, as groaning behemoths of noise can usually stand a little extra charm. Though guitarist Trevor de Brauw plays metal (of sorts) in his main band, Pelican, this side jawn features little shredding; instead, glacially paced, heavily distorted single-note runs and overdriven, plodding keyboards congeal, then burst apart, leaving behind a weird, sizzly stasis. A lo-fi EP they put out, Oak City, doesn’t do justice to the epic live show, which is a bit smoother and more clearly on the Mogwai tip. —Jessica Hopper White/Light headlines, Teith goes second, and Head of Skulls opens. 9 PM, Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western, 773-276-3600.

WHITE/LIGHT Matt Clark and Jeremy Lemos come up with seemingly endless variations on guitar drone as White/Light--and though the band's name was inspired by the Velvets' feedback-drenched White Light/White Heat, they also claim as influences Earth 2, Fripp and Eno, and the guitar solo on the title track from Maggot Brain. The drifting, ambient pieces on the duo's self-titled debut on Rebis Records are at once graceful and harrowing, and while they don't adhere to conventional song forms they do develop according to a certain logic. Clark and Lemos layer low-end rumbles, high-frequency sine waves, and lacerating bursts into constellations of sound that reward close listening, and even though the tone of each piece is essentially fixed, the two constantly rejigger details to keep the record full of surprises. On the brief "01:43" an organlike tone oscillates in and out, sounding like a spinning coin coming to rest, while the epic "28:43" is filled with ominous, billowy hums and sharp slashing gestures that slowly grow denser and more claustrophobic. The music has an almost orchestral depth, awash in the sort of resonant glow that comes from a love of sound for its own sake.

--Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader, November 2005

From time to time a friend of mine confronts me with what he calls the limitations of the drone scene and the fact that everything sounds the same. It goes without saying that he’s way off base on this one but as to illustrate this I think I’ll play him White/Light the next time he’s around, because I don’t think I’ve heard as many drone styles present on a single recording in quite some time. The opening '05:57' displays darkly contemplative drone webs while '01:43' is almost inaudible if you don’t turn it up loud. '28:43' is a minimal tone excursion that kicks off with high-end frequencies and sustained drones that slowly shift and eventually build into a storm of sound whistling through a narrow tunnel of claustrophobic beauty. Other tracks maintain the magically resonating damaged soundscapery but at the same time pirouettes into something a whole lot more minimal and surprisingly organic. The last track even has a distant folk feel to it, which comes as a big surprise given the rest of the album. Despite the fact that White/Light covers such a wide range of drone terrain the duo manages to nicely hold things together. It’s a challenging but also very rewarding listening excursion these Chicago residents invite us to attend.

--Mats Gustafson, Broken Face, July 2005


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Half Acre Beer Co.





Jun 13 2008 1:21 PM

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Phon





Jun 10 2008 9:42 AM

white/phon for serious lets give it life
CHAOS VS COSMOS


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Jun 6 2008 10:53 AM

TOM JAMES SCOTT





Jun 3 2008 9:00 AM

good to meet you two too see you again some time soon take care
factums





Jun 2 2008 5:35 PM

thanks! sounds great!!
Jodamasa





Jun 1 2008 12:04 PM

greting from ecuador we also like drugs...
Maree





May 26 2008 11:12 AM

Gwen told me about Paris...I hope everything is going really well for you guys out there!
SheepThieves





May 26 2008 3:47 AM

Hey there fellas, hope all iz well your end!?

Really enjoyed the W/L set @ The Racehorse (Northampton) on fri!

Let us know if any of you chaps ever pass through our lil'strip of Nowhereville again!!

Good luck in the future!

CHEERZ!

j

X!!
Boss Kitty





May 18 2008 5:16 AM

Hello, Jeremy.
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Jewsus





May 11 2008 4:28 PM

our album? you mean you don't have our masters? uh...

we'll send something along when we justify our existence a bit. you're a pro, mr. lemos. a real mensch. the best.
L.M





May 6 2008 6:30 AM

Jeremy! Will there be any trip to norway this summer?
llegasaberlin.com





Apr 29 2008 2:44 AM

love from berlin

midsts





Apr 7 2008 4:47 PM

like this

LOCRIAN





Mar 29 2008 10:02 PM

Mayjabeen





Feb 2 2008 6:50 PM

I dig the new pics! See ya around town.
Eunice Yi Quartet





Jan 20 2008 9:22 PM

Jeremy, man, how's my favorite globetrotter? We still have an outstanding date with a homemade Indian food feast.
Yunicorn





Jan 10 2008 3:07 PM

Good set the other night. Sounded badass.
J.R.





Jan 7 2008 12:26 PM

Sorry I have to miss your show tonight, fellers. In honor of me, could you play the one that goes:

"bzzzzzscrawwwwppppssssssssscccccaa"?

It's my fave. P.S. We're smoking reefer and you don't want no part of this shit.
Mayjabeen





Dec 23 2007 7:22 PM

Merry X-mas!
Death By Unga Bunga





Dec 21 2007 11:30 AM

White light, White light goin' messin' up my mind
White light, and don't you know its gonna make me go blind
White heat, aww white heat it tickle me down to my toes
White light, Ooo have mercy while I'll have it goodness knows

Sebastian
Wine





Dec 20 2007 2:50 AM

We love your sound !!!
J.R.





Dec 17 2007 11:00 AM

when are you wizards playing another show? p.s. GROW SOME!
roberto c.





Nov 23 2007 8:43 AM

hey Matt! drop me some lines if you've a chance! take care
Hotel Wedding





Nov 18 2007 9:24 PM

"Mommy, I'm in love with a drone"
Dream Both





Nov 6 2007 10:28 PM

28.50





Jul 17 2007 5:24 PM

Hi Jeremy!

Thank you for adding us. I'll talk to you very soon about the ACF in August. I'm optimistic about the idea now.

Sylvain
Samuel





Jun 4 2007 1:11 PM


LA OTRACINA
La Otracina is a triangle of cosmic flux, throwing spaces-sounds around and eclipsing the one.
FOLK AND VIOLENCE (mbrs of Plastic Crimewave Sound, Aleks and the Drummer)
Noise noise noise and drums. And some singing/chanting. Folk And Violence have played with Tony Conrad and you haven't. Band member Mark Lux plays on the side with Plastic Crimewave Sound and Deric Criss plays with Aleks and the Drummer. Chris Heightchew went to Vassar. We have recently aquired a laptop but will not be using it as a source for shows we promise.
MATTHEW WASCOVICH/PLASTIC CRIMEWAVE DUO (mbrs of Thee Scarcity of Tanks, Plastic Crimewave Sound)
Influences include Benoit Sonnette, apocalyptic economics, bikes + boards, Albert Ayler, Träd Gräs och Stenar, Liza Thorn, friends/enemies, Sic Alps, IxPxCxPx.
PLASTIC BONER BAND
Chicago noise.
Renee Bertsch





May 14 2007 10:13 AM

Thanks for playing in Detroit!


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Mayjabeen





May 13 2007 11:47 PM

thank you for sharing your goodness. the room was filled with so much beauty. this set had a very thoughtful and ripened sound. very mature. very distinct and aware of the understanding necessary for existence. yeah-i think that comes close to describing the sound.
The Changes





May 8 2007 7:51 AM

white/lichens is a match made in heaven!
Dr. Chamsburger





Apr 23 2007 8:14 PM


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unseen|unknown





Apr 12 2007 1:39 PM

hey jeremy! hope the travels went well. i uploaded a few new songs last week . . . check 'em out and let me know what you think.
kara





Apr 7 2007 5:48 PM

i am so stone when i listen this music!
Onement





Feb 8 2007 11:01 AM

Hello,
Onement is a new label whose goal is to release one-copy records on vinyl or cd. Launch release (1.0): "4'33 (John Cage)" by ensemble 0 (ultra-limited run of 100 cd-r, no re-issue).
"As a collection this highlights the added dimension that recording brings to Cage's concepts. These versions become meditations on place, and the influence of Cage's work on sound artists using field recording is made explicit" (The Wire).
"Essential" (D-Side).

The first one-copy record (1.1) will be a brand new composition by Robert Hampson (Main, Loop) released on vinyl in spring 2007.
stretchandrelax





Feb 2 2007 2:47 PM

hello jeremy
the first lp of
stretchandrelax
"INSTEAD OF BUYING SHOES"
is out now
on nowaki records!
elise &felicia
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Nathaniel Braddock





Feb 2 2007 8:39 AM

Gentlemen!

Thank you for the 'add'!

Best of luck during next weeks endeavours!

a tout de l'heure

N T H L
kara





Jan 24 2007 1:54 PM

alright, guys, merch idea-- can you handle it?
white lighters with a big black / .

huh, huh?
NOTHING screams taste and sophistication like smelling like stale smoke...

put me down for two.
Phon





Jan 5 2007 6:36 AM

thank you for the kind words. it would be great to play together and make some sounds.
Kevin Bowers





Dec 22 2006 9:19 AM

Merry Christmas from Kevin
DISTORTIONS





Dec 16 2006 3:02 PM

amazing. keep it up!
see you in nyc in a matter of days
STERLING


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Dec 2 2006 1:36 AM

its no wonder you boys are so popular with the ladies.
Jeff Parker





Nov 16 2006 5:47 PM

Book a show. C'mon, man.
George Chua