The Deserter by Patrick Ellis
The Deserter is an album of wordless pop composition and instrumental hip hop, influenced by The Avalanches, The High Llamas, Bibio, and utopian fiction. It's lush and inviting and intricate. It's a narrative collage of electronic and analog sounds. It's full of insular soundscapes and complex organic compositions. It's a soundtrack for a movie that will never exist; it's a daydream and a children's story. it's big and patient and honest weird, and it slaps.
Tracklist
| 1. | Life on the Moon | 3:19 |
| 2. | The Dog Show | 2:10 |
| 3. | Neon and Wheat | 1:51 |
| 4. | Rainbow-Gored | 4:56 |
| 5. | Home | 4:28 |
| 6. | Unassigned Space #3 | 1:36 |
| 7. | Empty Logic | 3:01 |
| 8. | Life Inside a Rectangle | 2:56 |
| 9. | Gifts | 6:30 |
| 10. | The Deserter | 6:44 |
| 11. | Altschmerz (Hidden Track) | 4:35 |
Credits
released August 18, 2021
Vocals on "Home" by Kira DeSomma⁰
Dialog in "Empty Logic" from "Pressures of the Text" by Peter Rose¹
Dialog in "The Deserter" and "Home" from "Spring Dreams: Transmission Ends" by David Sherman²
Recorded largely at home in Brooklyn, 2017-2019, using mostly:
• Ableton Live and Korg SV-1
• M-Tron by GForce³
• Delay by Valhalla DSP⁴
• The Attic by Soniccouture⁵
• Sacconi Strings by Spitfire Audio⁶
• Cadmium by LHI Audio⁷
• Drum Machines Compiled by Kai Bars (+ others)⁸
Additional thanks to: Yasuhiko Fukuzono, Daizo Kato, Will Light, Justin Rosengarten, Corey Duncan, Caroline Claflin, Robert Wiegmann, Hannah Burn, Martin Hjorth Frederiksen, Sam Goldstein, Kira DeSomma, Leigh Kamman, Robbie Chater & Tony Di Blasi, anyone who ever contributed to what.cd, Pat Smith, Kate Ellis, Mom & Dad
⁰ ccmixter.org/people/kizzylotus
¹ vimeo.com/48773390
² youtube.com/watch?v=QBRdaAvy8sU
³ gforcesoftware.com
⁴ valhalladsp.com
⁵ soniccouture.com
⁶ spitfireaudio.com
⁷ lhiaudio.com
⁸ samples.kb6.de
Vocals on "Home" by Kira DeSomma⁰
Dialog in "Empty Logic" from "Pressures of the Text" by Peter Rose¹
Dialog in "The Deserter" and "Home" from "Spring Dreams: Transmission Ends" by David Sherman²
Recorded largely at home in Brooklyn, 2017-2019, using mostly:
• Ableton Live and Korg SV-1
• M-Tron by GForce³
• Delay by Valhalla DSP⁴
• The Attic by Soniccouture⁵
• Sacconi Strings by Spitfire Audio⁶
• Cadmium by LHI Audio⁷
• Drum Machines Compiled by Kai Bars (+ others)⁸
Additional thanks to: Yasuhiko Fukuzono, Daizo Kato, Will Light, Justin Rosengarten, Corey Duncan, Caroline Claflin, Robert Wiegmann, Hannah Burn, Martin Hjorth Frederiksen, Sam Goldstein, Kira DeSomma, Leigh Kamman, Robbie Chater & Tony Di Blasi, anyone who ever contributed to what.cd, Pat Smith, Kate Ellis, Mom & Dad
⁰ ccmixter.org/people/kizzylotus
¹ vimeo.com/48773390
² youtube.com/watch?v=QBRdaAvy8sU
³ gforcesoftware.com
⁴ valhalladsp.com
⁵ soniccouture.com
⁶ spitfireaudio.com
⁷ lhiaudio.com
⁸ samples.kb6.de
License
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