Moon Pulses by Nick Millevoi

When I found the sounds at the heart of Moon Pulses, I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I’ve been looking for a way to create an enveloping meditative vibe for years—something that could leave a listener transfixed by texture, or that they could just fall asleep to. Basically, lo-fi Lanois, Eno, and Fripp vibes. There’s some Neil Young and the Edge in there too. Immersive stuff. These came to me while experimenting in my studio, and I needed to respond immediately.

I could basically see the whole plan: Six tracks that blend into each other using only one guitar for rhythm and one for melody, both on the same instrument (except the final lap-steel piece), everything played with my thumb for maximum connection.

I’d just finished my album Digital Reaction. That record was created over the course of a couple years with lots of collaborators, overdubs, and detailed arrangements—the most ambitious production I’ve ever undertaken. After all that hard work, this idea came into my head basically completed, I just had to make it happen. I dove in with a simple strategy to be achieved with limited tools. It felt like a gift. Recording about an hour a day for six consecutive days, I created Moon Pulses.

Nick Millevoi
2024

Press:

Moon Pulses tumbles through the twilight of astral guitar, seamlessly existing within its history while pushing the concept further along through the channels of its myriad corridors.

J.Rooney- Aquarium Drunkard

Guitarist/composer. Leader of Desertion Trio, Grassy Sound, and more.

NPR Music says, “When Nick Millevoi plays the guitar, it's like a rocket darting skyward between clouds.” Pitchfork has described his sound as “music that seeks the sun by exploding toward it.” Brooklyn Vegan calls Millevoi "an attacking chessmaster, tossing out chameleonesque scales and runs."

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