southlite
CD Released in 2017 - Vanguard Recordings
CD Released in 2017 - Vanguard Recordings
'southlite' was recorded in 1999 as the soundtrack to a film project that was sadly abandoned. The music was produced using dub techniques. The film was meant to be a collage, part fiction and part documentary, and was based on story of the same title by the English writer Richard Skinner a longstanding member of Pablo's Eye.
Trailers visuals by Pablo's Eye
Composed by Axel Libeert and P.E. Mixed in 1999 by A.L. and Erwin Autrique. Mastered in 2017 at Soundscube Brussels. All texts copyright Richard Skinner. All texts recorded and printed with permission of the author. Patrick Hanappier, violin - Luc Laret, samples & sound design - Axel Libeert, samples & loops - Marie Mandi, voice - Thierry Royo, guitar - Richard Skinner, texts. Thanks to Jo Hagan as Jeziah Duras, Petra Fieuws & Simon Casier, la famille Gillon-Roux, Patrick Sigal. Cover by P.E. & Casier / Fieuws.
'Love this album. Unique soundscapes conjure up the diverse emotional interiors of urban nomads.'
Jacqueline Crooks, author of ‘The Ice Migration’.
‘Jeziah's story – a story in fragments, in smashed continuities – is mesmerisingly conveyed in a composition and story which teeter on the edge of comprehension, and invite us to give empathetic witness to their happening; as drums – loose, beating, dub – reflect the rhythm of traffic, they also reflect the rhythm of a mind which is passed by that traffic.’
Owen Vince is a writer, digital artist and electronic musician.
‘The slow, pulsing tracks are deep tunnels of expansive vibration and percussive texture suggesting a slow awakening, the self moving through phases of dream to consciousness.’
James Miller, author of ‘Unamerican Activities’.
'Gritty and fuzzy', 'dark and icy', 'head-spinningly beautiful'.
Push, Electronic Sound.
Jacqueline Crooks, author of ‘The Ice Migration’.
‘Jeziah's story – a story in fragments, in smashed continuities – is mesmerisingly conveyed in a composition and story which teeter on the edge of comprehension, and invite us to give empathetic witness to their happening; as drums – loose, beating, dub – reflect the rhythm of traffic, they also reflect the rhythm of a mind which is passed by that traffic.’
Owen Vince is a writer, digital artist and electronic musician.
‘The slow, pulsing tracks are deep tunnels of expansive vibration and percussive texture suggesting a slow awakening, the self moving through phases of dream to consciousness.’
James Miller, author of ‘Unamerican Activities’.
'Gritty and fuzzy', 'dark and icy', 'head-spinningly beautiful'.
Push, Electronic Sound.
Trailer visuals by Pablo's Eye
You can read some reviews of the album here.
Tracklist southlite - Vanguard Recordings 001 (2017)
1 Jeziah's arrival 1’20”
2 Constant stream of traffic 1’22”
3 All around me 1’03”
4 Voices 1’00”
5 It is early morning 0’48”
6 In front of my eyes 1’12”
7 Headaches and dizzy spells 1’09”
8 Cold air 2’44”
9 A shaded place 3’32”
10 Back into focus 1’28”
11 A sharp pain 2’07”
12 The Caroni Swamp 2’00”
13 I can see the earth from space 2’08”
14 Water is like oil 3’33”
15 Memories of Trinidad 2’27”
16 Dark spaces 1’20”
17 Flat 1109 0’26”
18 Cracks make up rivers 0’42”
19 Turning the volume up 1’18”
20 That night 1’28”
21 As loud as a rocket 3’46”
22 Jeziah's remission 2’50”
1 Jeziah's arrival 1’20”
2 Constant stream of traffic 1’22”
3 All around me 1’03”
4 Voices 1’00”
5 It is early morning 0’48”
6 In front of my eyes 1’12”
7 Headaches and dizzy spells 1’09”
8 Cold air 2’44”
9 A shaded place 3’32”
10 Back into focus 1’28”
11 A sharp pain 2’07”
12 The Caroni Swamp 2’00”
13 I can see the earth from space 2’08”
14 Water is like oil 3’33”
15 Memories of Trinidad 2’27”
16 Dark spaces 1’20”
17 Flat 1109 0’26”
18 Cracks make up rivers 0’42”
19 Turning the volume up 1’18”
20 That night 1’28”
21 As loud as a rocket 3’46”
22 Jeziah's remission 2’50”
You can order a copy of ‘southlite’ from Vanguard Recordings here.