Just to let you all know that today all the tracks for the 'ELECTRA' album have been transferred to Fairview's computer and are ready to be mastered. It was good to hear them on Fairview's big monitoring system.
I haven't heard the whole album since it was recorded in, (I think,) 2016.
It's a completely instrumental affair, mainly guitar, but leans in an 'avant garde' direction with loose, free improvisations over loops and webs of distressed sound. There are a couple of more 'composed' tracks which provide some contrast but it's mostly made up of exploratory textures, drifting chord clusters and first take overdubs. A spontaneous collage of light and dark moods. I'm guessing this won't be an album for those looking for straight rock songs but will appeal to those of you with a taste for the slightly more experimental, abstract approach. It would lend itself to video accompaniment of the strangest kind. An album to take your time with, a slow burner...😉
Very much enjoying it in the SF bay area!
Got mine in Philly yesterday. Great morning music.👍
Arrived in Kansas City yesterday.
Need to give it a spin today.
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Arrived in Brisbane, Australia. The antipodes thank you Bill!
I just got my copy here in Florida. Can't wait to listen.😀
Arrived today in Mobile, Alabama, USA. It's always a good day when I receive new BN.
Thank you Bill!
The latter part of Darkness Sparkles makes me think of Jerry.
Arrived! Looks and sounds lush, exceptional. First impression: Quiet Bells type territory. 😎
Electra landed in Scotland just now - sounds groovy!
Thanks Bill.
Today (1st July) is the official release day for Electra.
CD available from Burning Shed and digital download available from Bandcamp!
Came home from work and it was waiting for me! Sounding great, this will get LOTS of repeats. Thanks to Bill!
Ker-Ching! CD has arrived & on the player now, beautiful 🙂
Arrived this morning. Instrumental Bill Nelson = aural bliss.
Sounds wonderful
Thanks once again Bill
OK, I haven't had chance to listen to all of this yet but the first half is excellent! Great that it starts with a couple of very loosely structured pieces with a fairly dark 'cavernous' feel to them. These are powerful and imposing but not aimed at casual listening. Then there's a couple more pieces that I think would make great items for performance with backing tapes. I have to remind myself that these actually date from a few years ago - does Bill listen back to them and think "I could do that one live sometime!"?
I've been listening to a lot of Tangerine Dream recently and - though there is musically very little similarity - it does share the feeling that it's good to just relax into Electra's grown-up musical space, listening to strings being made to sing in a surprising and complex way that isn't just aimed at being hummed along with.
Are there any instrumental albums lined up (in the unreleased archive) that have a mixture of guitar-led and keyboard-led tracks? I'm enjoying more and more the albums that offer the greatest array of sounds and styles. 'Palace of Strange Voltages' had that going on, for example.
Anyway, Electra seems to work marvellously. Thanks, Bill. I must go and sit somewhere where I can listen to the rest.
My advance copies arrived today and I'm very pleased with the way the package artwork printing has turned out. You should all be getting your copies very soon!😉
I've had the invoice from Burning Shed emailed to me so I'm taking it Electra is in the post 👍🙂
I received an email this morning that my copy of Electra shipped. I have to wait until it wings its way across the ocean, but this is exciting news.
For those of you in the UK, watch your mailbox.🙂
Also, has the format for the Dreamsville forum changed? Not only do things look differently, but I cannot get to the last page of links with multiple pages. I see the page numbers on the right-hand side, but when I click on a page it doesn't take me there.
I'll reboot my machine, and see if that changes things..
Anyway, and more importantly, I'm looking forward to this latest musical extravaganza.😁
Superb (again)
Samples are wonderful!
Just noticed the samples are up. Listening to them now.😎
Looking forward to the release.🙂