{"id":7228,"date":"2013-10-18T19:21:04","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T23:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/?p=7228"},"modified":"2013-10-18T23:03:14","modified_gmt":"2013-10-19T03:03:14","slug":"woven-qualm-from-the-grey-havens-c60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/?p=7228","title":{"rendered":"Woven Qualm – From The Grey Havens C60"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Woven<\/a><\/p>\n

Woven Qualm – From The Grey Havens<\/p>\n

Green Records and Tapes<\/a><\/p>\n

Woven Qualm is a new one of Knox Mitchell\u2019s (Lidless Eye, The Bloodletters, Night Court) forays into sound creation, and it seems to be a project that focuses on more calm and slow moving ideas.<\/p>\n

The first thing that strikes me about this tape is the overarching sense of loneliness. This bubbling sound – of what I can only imagine is burned and sped up tape – makes the tape sound so dirty and aged, like something that you would find at the bottom of a swamp. Odd harmonies of flutes and hums, sag in and out of frame, and occasionally flare out into shrieks that back away into the hums they were before. Side B transforms into a different kind of beast than A. The sounds of cicadas buzz the air. Knocks on wood loop over and build a faulty rhythm. Side B feels more in touch with reality than A. A felt like a ceremony, B feels more like the product. It’s a super visual experience, something seems off the entire tape.<\/p>\n

I have only one outstanding problem with this tape, mostly being that side B has a few times where this white noise push of anticipation that comes up , but it occasionally cuts out in one of the stereo channels and breaks the momentum that it carries. The sound generates this suspense that really adds a lot to the whole composition, and then it feels flawed and awkward when one the cut outs happens.<\/p>\n

This tape is dark, nuanced, and has a very deep palate of sound. The presentation is what you have come to know and love from Green Records, skewed images, black and white art, colored paper. Definitely a solid tape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Composition:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"½\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sounds:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Production Quality:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Concept:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Packaging:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"½\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Overall Rating:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"½\"\"☆\" <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Woven Qualm – From The Grey Havens
\nGreen Records and Tapes
\nWoven Qualm is a new one of Knox Mitchell\u2019s (Lidless Eye, The Bloodletters, Night Court) forays into sound creation, and it seems to be a project that focuses on more calm and slow moving ideas.
\nThe first thing that strikes me about this tape is the overarching sense of loneliness. This bubbling sound – of what I can only imagine is burned and sped up tape – makes the tape sound so dirty and aged, like something that you would find at …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","category-webzine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7228"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7258,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7228\/revisions\/7258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}