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March1,2017ForImmediateRelease
SMALLTOWNSUPERSOUNDTOREISSUEDEATHPROD’STREETOPDRIVE(1994),IMAGINARYSONGSFROMTRISTANDACUNHA(1996),ANDMORALSANDDOGMA(2004),OUTMAY5TH
PLAYINGBIGEARSFESTIVALONMARCH26THANDNEWYORKONMARCH28TH
“‘MoralsandDogma’isheavywithoutharshness,threateningwithouttheatrics,anditshuddersinsideasilencesolarge,itcouldonlyfollowtheendoftheworld.”
—PitchforkonMoralsandDogma,“The50BestAmbientAlbumsofAllTime”
“[Sten’s]seriesofinfluenNalambientalbums–from1991’sself-released(andcharminglyNtled)casseTe‘DeepThroatPukeOrgasms’to2004’smassivelyacclaimed‘final’opus‘MoralsandDogma’rightlysecuredhimaplace
amongthegreatandgoodofexperimentalmusic.”—FACT
BasedinOslo,Norway,composerHelgeStenhasbeencra]ingthismusicsincetheearly90s,adeeplyatmospheric,grainyminimalismthatslowsNmedownandexplorestheveryparNclesofsounditself.TheDeathprodconceptarosein1991whenStenrealizedhiscomplexarrayofhomemadeelectronics,samplers,soundprocessingandanalogueeffects–cumulaNvelyknownasthe“AudioVirus”–couldaddamusicaldimensionaboveandbeyondthemerelytechnical.AlmostobsoletesamplersandplaybackdevicesdistortandtransformsoundsintounrecognizablemutaNonsoftheirformerselves.Thevirusbreedslayersofcomplexandoverlappingsonicdebris,creaNngakindofcellularcomposiNon.StenisafoundermemberofNorwegianimprovisinggroupSupersilentandhasproducedrecordsbyMotorpsycho,Susanna,JennyHval,ArveHenriksenandothers.In1998,
alongsideBiosphere,heelectronicallytransformedthemusicofNorway’sleadingcontemporarycomposer,ArneNordheim.MorerecentlyhecomposedmusicforHarryPartch’slegendaryinventedinstrumentsfortheColognebasedEnsembleMusikfabrik.
NowthecoretrilogyofDeathprodalbumswillbereleasedforthefirstNmeonvinylanddownloadonMay5thviaSmalltownSupersound.CuttovinylbyRashadBeckeratDubplatesandMasteringinBerlin,theyformDeathprod’scompleteofficialcanon.
Americanaudienceswillbeabletoenjoytherichlytextured,hallucinatoryDeathprodexperiencethisspringwhenStenperformsliveinKnoxvilleatBigEarsFes^valonSunday,March26thandNewYorkCityatIssueProjectRoomonTuesday,March28th.
TreetopDriveOriginallyreleasedasalimitedediNonhandmadecasseTebox,thethreepiecesTreetopDrivecrystallizedDeathprod’sspecificmethodofcomposiNon,foundsoundsandtexturallayering.“TreetopDrive”1-3wererecordedliveinconcertin1993,directtotwotrackDATtapeattheTrondheimAcademyofFineArts.Theycombinetheprecisionofdigitalsampling,theunpredictabilityofhomemadeelectronics,andtheesoterictape-echosoundofHansMagnusRyan(Motorpsycho)’sviolin,defininganewspaceinwhichtoperformandcompose.ExisNnginavoidbetweenthearts,contemporarymusicandalternaNveculture,TreetopDrivewascompletedwiththerealizaNon“Towboat”,recordedatAudioVirusLABin1994andreleasedbythelabelMetalArtDiscolaterthesameyear.ThisaudiorestoraNonfromanearly1994mastermeansthealbumhasneversoundedbeTer.
ImaginarySongsfromTristandaCunhaTristandaCunhaintheSouthAtlanNcistheworld’smostremoteisland.Ifyouwanttovisitformorethanoneday,youhavetowaitayearunNlthenextboatarrivestopickyouup.Imagininglifeinsuchalonelyandcut-offenvironmentopensupaspaceforDeathprod’syearningsetofelectronicSOScallsthataredesNnednevertoquitereachoutthroughtheairwaves.ViolinbyOleHenrikMoe,whointroducedStentothewriNngsofaNorwegianexpediNontotheislandinthe1930s,wasrecordedintheforestoutsideOslo,manipulatedandtransferredtophonographicwaxcylinderstogiveanextradimensionofdecay.Thefinaltrackonthealbum,“TheContracepNveBriefcaseII”,wasrecordedliveinconcertbytheNorwegianBroadcastCorporaNon(NRK),andfeaturesfivevocalists,musicalglasses,amusicalsaw,thereminandlayeredelectronics.OriginallyreleasedonCDin500copiesin1996,thealbumhasbeenremasteredin24bit/96kHzhighresoluNonaudiofromtheoriginalmixtapes.
MoralsandDogmaMoralsAndDogmaisaritual.Tenyearsinthemaking,itcontainsfourpieces,recordedbetween1994and1997.ThisisDeathprodatfullintensity,featuringanevenmoreexpansiveandbillowingsoundasStentransformsandblendsthetexturesofviolins,sawandharmonium.Pieceslike“DeadPeoplesThings”and“Tron”wererevisednumerousNmes,eventhoughtheveryfirstversionsofbothwerechosenforthefinalsequencingofthealbum.BothOleHenrikMoeandHansMagnusRyancontributewiththeiruniqueapproachtotheviolin,whileMoeextendsthemetallicandtexturalqualiNesof“Cloudchamber”,uNlizingamusicalsaw.Theharmoniumon“OrgoneDonor’”wasrecordeddirecttocasseTebyHansMagnusRyan,andlatermulN-trackedwithdualviolinsatAudioVirusLAB.“Cloudchamber”islayeredwithelectronictreatmentsofthedecayandnoisefromaMaestroEchoplextape-echomachine,andalsolendsitNtlefromoneofthebeauNfullycra]edmicrotonalinstrumentsofHarryPartch.FirstreleasedonRuneGrammofonin2004,thishasbeenpressedfromthe2004originalhighresoluNonmaster.
DeathprodTourDates(firsteverUSshows):Sun.March26—Knoxville,TN@BigEarsFes^val[^x]
Tue.March28—NewYork,NY@IssueProjectRoom[^x]
TreetopDrive(1994)Tracklist:01.TreetopDrive102.TreetopDrive203.TreetopDrive3
04.Towboat
ImaginarySongsfromTristandaCunha(1996)Tracklist:01.Burntwood02.StonyBeach
03.HotentoTGulch04.BoatharbourBay
05.TheContracepNveBriefcaseII(PartI)06.TheContracepNveBriefcaseII(PartII)
MoralsandDogma(2004)Tracklist:01.Tron
02.DeadPeople’sThings03.OrgoneDonor04.Cloudchamber
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