All Perfect Days
Label | Denovali Records – DEN298 |
Format | CD, Album |
Barcode | 4059251229148 |
Country | US |
Released | 25 May 2018 |
Genre | Electronic, Rock, Classical |
Style | Modern Classical, Ambient, Drone, Experimental, Indie Rock |
On All Perfect Days, Michael Vallera's second LP for Denovali, he continues to distill his singular, cinematic approach to sound. Acting as both performer and producer, Vallera constructs a lush, deeply emotional album that jettisons the overt rhythms and explicit drum programming that characterized much of his earlier work. Instead, in its tightly focused reliance on little more than guitar and amplifier feedback, supplemented by piano and synthesizer, the album explores a sparse but rich palette that evokes the ambient works of Harold Budd_although filtered through Vallera's own sharp-edged sensibility. Recorded with Greg Norman at Electrical Audio and mastered by Daniel Rejmer, All Perfect Days adds to the mounting evidence that Michael Vallera is among the most assured and compelling artists to emerge from Chicago in recent years. Michael Vallera is a musician and photographer who lives and works in Chicago. Prolific as both a solo artist and collaborator, he has released albums under his own name and as COIN (Opal Tapes), with percussionist Steven Hess as Cleared (Immune Recordings), and with Joseph Clayton Mills as Maar (Umor Rex, Entr'acte). He sings and plays guitar in the experimental rock group Luggage (Don Giovanni Records). An MFA graduate of School of the Art Institute of Chicago, his work has been exhibited in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and elsewhere.
A1 | All Perfect Days | 09:25 |
A2 | In Midafternoon | 10:54 |
B1 | Elon | 04:57 |
B2 | Pale Watered Floor | 07:42 |
B3 | Stare | 05:53 |
Mixed By – Benjamin Balcom
Recorded By – Beau Wanzer
Recorded By – Cooper Crain
Recorded By – Greg Norman
Sounds, Photography, Guitar, Piano – Michael Vallera
Sound and photography by Michael Vallera. Korg Delta recorded with Cooper Crain at his residence. Roland SH101 recorded with Beau Wanzer at his residence. Guitar, piano, and re-amplified material recorded by Greg Norman at Electrical Audio. Mixed with Benjamin Balcom at MINBAL. Mastered by Daniel Rejmer.
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