Yellow Works by Matt Christensen & P.M. Tummala

"Vintage" can be a hard thing to chase. Especially in an age where the sound of a recording can be altered so easily and for so cheaply. What often makes things sound vintage comes down to an attitude and approach. Real memories, false memories, invented memories and memories that aren't even memories, but old feelings. These recordings were made with old equipment along with newer equipment whose technology hasn't really been improved on or changed for nearly 50 years. The recording medium was really the only digital and "modern" stage. This wasn't the intention. The sound that was created started to demand less. Less processing, less overdubbing, less direct sources, less lighting in the room. The results were pieces that smelled of dust and incense and drifting off to sleep. Feelings of yellowed sun and green leaves blurred by summer night air.

Yellow Works marks the first collaboration by long-time friends Matt Christensen and P.M. Tummala as a duo and is released on Monastral as a limited-edition cassette and digital download.