The People's Forest
Label | Hotham Sound – HS024Cardinal Fuzz – CFUL0234Feeding Tube Records – FTR673 |
Format | Vinyl, 12", EP, Limited Edition, 180 gram |
Barcode | 2090505217841 |
Country | UK |
Released | 2022 |
Genre | Electronic |
Style | Ambient, Downtempo |
A founding member of Vancouver Island's MMR Collective, and head of the Canadian experimental electronic label Hotham Sound, artist and musician Jamie Tolagson (Mount Maxwell) currently lives and works in Vancouver, BC. His music is a unique blend of analog synths and acoustic instrumentation, calling to mind such artists as Boards Of Canada, Bruce Langhorne and Tangerine Dream. A preoccupation with childhood perception, utopian thinking, and the landscape of the Pacific Northwest runs throughout his work, which has been featured in Discorder Magazine, Tabs Out, Cassette Gods, Retromania, Free Form Freakout, Last FM, and NTS Radio. This is his fifth album. "'The People's Forest' is packed with micro-earworm moments, nourishing synths and playful crunchy percussion. It's got a skyward gaze and nostalgia for futures never realized, packing a kind of childlike optimism inside an arpeggio-laden, hermetically sealed little sound world. When the loose, hip-hop fueled drums kick in over warm synthesizer pads, you'll probably feel the same warm sense of familiarity I picked up. Music for fans of Boards Of Canada, sure, but Mount Maxwell has a wide open pastoral landscape and identity all its own." ~Optimistic Underground.
A1 | The People's Forest | 2:00 |
A2 | Spong | 7:19 |
A3 | How I Met Them | 2:53 |
A4 | Un Oiseau | 3:20 |
B1 | Ring Of Rushes | 5:04 |
B2 | Falling Mountain | 2:54 |
B3 | Green Assemblies | 3:35 |
B4 | See How Far | 2:31 |
Mastered By – Jesse Creed
Recorded By – M. Maxwell
Release Date - 24th June
300 Pressing Heavy Black Vinyl
UK/EUROPE - CARDINAL FUZZ
USA - FEEDING TUBE RECORDS
CANADA - HOTHAM SOUND RECORDINGS