Winterspheres by Brian Grainger

Originally issued at Moody Drones as a digital-only affair containing the title track, Winterspheres appears here as a seasonally appropriate expanded physical edition, augmented by a second duophonic reprocessed mix of the original session.

Winterspheres was created using a process of selective sampling on a Boss RC-20 looper, pulling tonal material from an ever-changing patch on a Roland SH-32 polyphonic digital synthesizer. Played by hand, and recorded to tape, with a minimum of FX processing used, it recalls the methods employed by myself and David Tagg for our prolific recordings at SSR from 2006-2010. Winterthrum reapproaches the tape recording and, by way of repeated downsampling and additional reverberation, manages to generate a warmer more restrained take on the piece.

Further still, a live session as Coppice Halifax was undertaken to mutate the source tape alongside drum machines and an analog bass monosynth, and this recording has been issued as Winterthaw: https://coppicehalifax.bandcamp.com/album/winterthaw

Tracklist

1.	Winterspheres	55:01

2.	Winterthrum [1000 Hz Duophonic Reprocess]	54:13

Credits

released January 30, 2019

W/P by Brian Grainger. Recorded at White Pillar Workshop, Winter 2017 (original session) and Winter 2018 (1000 Hz session). Mastered by The Analog Botanist. #1 originally issued at Moody Drones as MD08, June 4th 2018. Design & text by ABM&D. This is Milieu Music number AD39, and issue #39 in the Arboreal Digest reissue catalogue. Many humble thanks to James & Sage at Moody Drones for graciously allowing Milieu Music to reissue this material.

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