Wrapped up into a handmade cloth-bound book and spread across two 3" CDrs,
Nils Quak - Elegy for Seaweed is the first release of Portland, Oregon-based Clothbound Recordings.
Alternating between floating and drowning the listener in a sea of sound, Elegy for Seaweed is a collection of seven tracks woven together with the bittersweet sadness of nostalgia and a long unfolding doubt. Field recordings, fragments of found sounds, bits of improvised acoustic instruments and layers of synthesizer textures build the foundations of these introspective pieces.
A collection of poems written by Nils Quak (one for each track) accompanies the music & pictures contained within the 10-page book.
Elegy for Seaweed has been painstakingly produced in a hand-numbered, letterpressed edition of 50. The first 15 copies will include a bonus track with an additional poem.
Mastering was handled by Tommy Bozung of Audiochocolate Studios in Battle Ground, WA and all artwork & design was handled by Clothbound Recordings.
The official release date will be December 15th, 2011. Will ship by January 10th, 2012.
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