Daniel Blomquist - Nascent / Egress (2015)

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Before we go for the summer we wanted to release one last album. Always keeping in mind the hot Spanish summer, Daniel Blomquist Nascent / Egress is the right recipe for that weather. Blomquist language navigates between the digital imagery and the analogue warmth of tape looping. In this two pieces release we can have a grasp of his way to work, approach and view over sound, composition and sonic texture.

Beyond the first glance, Nascent / Egress unveils a whole horizon of sonic imagination that unfolds in front of us. Blomquist work it has always a certain remembrance of being part of a cinematic experience, it has narrative, drama and epics embedded on its DNA. Blomquist music has a soul, and emotivity, and this is a breath of fresh air after too much emotionless sound art.

We also highly recommend to take a detour and listen to what Blomquist has on its Bandcamp page and Soundcloud.

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Ash blows away in the wind while the physical structure stays tied to the ground. The title of the work, Nascent/Egress, refers to this changing constitution of matter. Each composition moves through different moments leading up to these points. The transient nature of existence can be felt in waves of fear, joy, euphoria, pain and acceptance. With this in mind I think about the music as an environment that the listener is moving through. It carves paths, casts shadows, and creates places in the changing landscape of life.

My work is process based, beginning with samples gathered and manipulated digitally, then dubbed down to analog tape; eroding away music, field recordings and other found media. Effectively reconstituting the quality and predictability of the digital source material. The combinations used in this approach examine the nature of the chosen media, how it is stored, distributed and ultimately how it evolves over time. One sound’s initial intention begets an all-together new purpose by setting points of failure and degradation. His final compositions are warm, textured, emotive environments.

Daniel Blomquist

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Gear:

Mini Moog Model D
Roland SRV 2000
4 Sony TCM-353V tape recorders
1 Sony Sports Walkman
Cassette tapes
ART Tube Compressor
Arion SMM Metal Master Stereo Distortion
BIAMP EQ 210
Boss DD 5 Delay
Digitech PDS-1002 Delay
Mackie 1402
Homemade Circuits

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Credits:

Daniel Blomquist – samples, tapes, processing.
Mastered by Lawrence English @158
Text by Daniel Blomquist.
Artwork by Audiotalaia.

Photograph by Giannis Angelakis, https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacesh..., https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...