SILVER WAVES - Aninstar - CD [OCT 17]

CD - Limited edition in cardboard case.

Silver Waves is the longstanding project of Dylan Mallett. A producer based in Bristol, his practice encompasses aspects of electroacoustic composition, audio engineering and improvisation.

Amongst releases on Berlin's Portals Editions (Maria W Horn, Yair Elazar Glotman), Silver Waves has soundtracked independent video games and contributed to contemporary art pieces (Klein's ‘Lifetime' for Serpentine Galleries), as well as composing for multi-channel surround sound performance.

Following technical credits on releases from AD93, Drowned By Locals and two Acne Studios collections, European shows with Liturgy, aya and Moor Mother and extensive collaborations with free improv vocalist Dali de Saint Paul, Silver Waves presents debut album ‘Aninstar’ via Mun Sing & NE$$’s label Illegal Data.

Aninstar embodies a quest for rebirth via transitory states. Taking root during a four-month stint in Llandudno, it tells tales of a stray dog as it journeys through an underworld, conjures viking funeral sea-scapes from shoreline voice notes and liminal crossroads punctuated by whispered meditations.

Forming sonic allegories for the stories in Dylan’s surroundings, its six tracks emanate from coastal field recordings, pneumatic drill foley, chopped and screwed vocal takes and gnarled string instruments - landing somewhere between industrial shoegaze, sound collage and new age music. 

Tracklist: 

1. Idem
2. Murmur (ft. Orryx) 
3. Plegere
4. Promise
5. Turns Into
6. Spider Of Easton

Written and produced by Dylan Mallett
Additional production by Sebastian Gainsborough

Mastered by Beau Thomas @ TenEightSeven

Vocals by Christelle Atenstaedt and Laurie Lax
Cello by Drew Morgan
Double Bass by Alex Heane
Violin by Yvonna Magda

Cover photo by Anthony Elliott
Design by Harry Wright and Dylan Mallett

Supported by PRS Foundation & Britten Pears Arts

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