Benoit Pioulard, Offthesky
Sunder (LP)
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*300 hand-numbered copies limited edition* "Sunder is the first full-length collaboration between Brooklyn-based Thomas Meluch (aka Benoît Pioulard) and Denver-based Jason Corder (aka offthesky). After years of independent work amid a like-minded community of ambient experimentalists, the two were brought together by the collaboration-centric Laaps label, for whom Corder has previously worked with Craig Tattersall (aka The Humble Bee). Across Sunder's eight chapters, we hear careful constructions of tape-tinged guitar, voice, and field recordings, as well as strings, flute, bells and myriad other elements that arise and recede organically. Best experienced as a whole, the album's subtle flow is imbued with an arc that balances melancholy with windswept drift."
Format
Recorded at La Berceuse (Brooklyn, NY) and Offthesky studio, Denver CO in 2022-23 with electric and acoustic guitar, voice, microcassette tape, field recordings, modular synth, strings and flute.
Special thanks to: Julie Slater for various string recordings & Shilpi Gupta for flute on "Guilt and Beauty".
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Mastered by Taylor Deupree
Artwork by Benoït Pioulard
Design by Sprflxgrfzm
Release notes
--------------------------------- • 12’’ transparent vinyl • Selective UV varnish • Matt laminated outer sleeve on 300 gm paper • Hand numbered / Limited edition to 300 copies -------------------------------
| A1 | Fed On Lilies | 5:08 | |
| A2 | Memorize | 4:33 | |
| A3 | Saint Praxedis | 5:50 | |
| A4 | Seaside Nude / Suicide Note | 4:51 | |
| B1 | Stray Bullet | 5:45 | |
| B2 | Hyacinth Girl | 4:49 | |
| B3 | Whisper Down The Lane | 4:32 | |
| B4 | Guilt And Beauty | 4:56 |
- Benoit Pioulard
- Artwork, Mixed By, Music By, Recorded By
- Sprflxgrfzm
- Design
- Shilpi Gupta
- Flute
- Taylor Deupree
- Mastered By
- Jason Corder
- Mixed By, Music By, Recorded By
- Mathias Van Eecloo
- Producer
- Julie Slater
- Strings
