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Introducing the music video for:
S K Y S C R A P E R
https://youtu.be/7DRDFkHTyqw
Shot by us: Aaron and Jacque
Edited by: Kate Bennis
FINAL SINGLE OUT TODAY: COME ON KIKI! 🤍
https://emilywells.lnk.to/RegardsToTheEnd
“Come On Kiki” contains many images, beginning with the sculpture ‘Tied to Her Nature’ by the artist Kiki Smith. The song was written immediately after reading from ‘In the Shadow of the American Dreams: the Diaries of David Wojnarowicz’, in which Wojnarowicz describes dancing with Kiki Smith in the aftermath of their friend Peter Hujar’s death, though the song doesn’t tell this story. It tells, in part, my own, one of wanting more of exactly what I have, of desiring to move in time circularly, inside of all that has been experienced, and therefore gained. I was thinking a lot about Harry Nillson when arranging and recording: instruments and melodic phrases moving in and out of frame like dancers or extras in a play, set against the steady voice as storyteller. If I have a pet song on the album, this is it.
Live Drums: Mike Thies
Upright Bass: Evan Runyon
Bass Clarinet, Clarinet: Hideaki Aomori
French Horn: Jim Wells
Live drum recording engineered by Nolan Thies at The Bunker Studio
Aaron was tired of making computer constructed music so he put a band together.
November 1st of 2021, at The Bunker Studio in Brooklyn, we cut “Skyscraper” to the Studer 24 track tape machine with @aaron_nevezie on guitar, @johndavisnyc on bass, @danrieser on drums and @nolanthies producing the live session.
I pinch myself that these class act incredible talents touched this track. The dearest dudes I heart so much! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Swipe ➡️ to see the making
Album shot by: @edouglas528
Shots in studio: @nolanthies
Dreaming of the spring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ftrGPwJADw
Archive footage edited by Clare Elliott
Song produced and mixed at New Warsaw Studio by Riley McMahon.
Recorded at The Bunker Studio in Brooklyn.
Spottiswoode: Lead vocals
John Young: bass
Tim Vaill: cymbals
Kevin Cordt: trumpet
Riley McMahon: mandolin
Tony Lauria: accordion
!! Beyond the Bomb x Melt - we are so excited to release a video of our song Walk to Midnight. We recorded this live version in our last hour of studio time The Bunker Studio this summer – the studio isn’t the only place where we run short on time though. Today the @Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists made their annual announcement of how much time remains until nuclear “midnight” via the #DoomsdayClock. We're at 100 seconds, the closest to midnight that we've ever been. But, together, we can reverse the Walk to Midnight!
#TurnBackTheClock
2022 spring tour + NEW SINGLE + Vinyl/CD preorders:
https://emilywells.lnk.to/RegardsToTheEnd
I’ll be touring the US this spring, a handful of dates supporting the fabulous band Son Lux and headlining the rest. Tickets go on sale this Friday Jan. 14 at Noon EST. After two years (mostly) alone in my studio writing and recording this album I truly can’t wait to bring these songs fully to life through your ears, imaginations, and physical presence.
LOVE SAVES THE DAY out today! I joke that this song is my magnum opus because it took me several years to write the arrangements and complete. It has been stripped and redressed in various frocks of production but it wasn’t until I found my compositional voice for the new album that I knew how it was suppose to live. The cover is a painting, “April 14, 2018 (RIP David Buckel)” by an artist whom I deeply admire, Michael Stamm … more on that soon.
And, PREORDER Regards to the End now via my website. Find all the things at the link above!
Incredible insane performances on the clarinet, bass clarinet, and flute by Hideaki Aomori, the real star of this recording.
+ extreme delights and mind bending performances from Mike Thies on live drums which were engineered by Nolan Thies at The Bunker Studio + Topu Lyo on percussive piano & cello + Evan Runyon on upright bass + Jim Wells (my pops) on French horn + Damian Primis on bassoon. With production assistance from Chulo Records and mixed with Christopher Botta.
📷📷📷PHOTO by Rachel Stern
Happy New Year!
Here’s my little arrangement of John Coltrane’s ‘Impressions’ from Robby Ameen’s latest album ‘Diluvio’.
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Beautiful way to end my studio dates for the year… Excited to share this one with you all soon. 😊
Troy Roberts 🎷 Paul Bollenback 🎸 John Patitucci 🎻 Jimmy Macbride 🥁….
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Trombone solo on Clover from the Sofijazz Livestream Concert from The Bunker Studio.
Full concert on my YouTube /elliotmason channel
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Carlos Henriquez 🎻
Sullivan Fortner 🎹
Kayvon Gordon🥁
Sofija Knezevic 🎙
Elliot Mason📎
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Todd Whitelock - Mixing
@lukemarantz 🎥
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Last week I had one of the most challenging recording sessions ever with Tina Deng at the The Bunker Studio
The piece recorded was the new work by the champion of The 1st Hong Kong International Chromatic Harmonica Composition Competition, @ellioteyteo from London. It is titled ‘Street Scenes’.
It will be released later together with a number of brand new compositions by the composers from the competition from all around the world.
It was truly my pleasure and honour to interpret such masterpiece! 🔥 Can’t wait to share the full version with you all!
Photo by @kerojpeg
@hk.iccch
#moderncomposition #mordernclassicalmusic #harmonica
She’s here! Now go get lost in it! 🖤 Introducing “Summer Resurrection - Strings Version” 🖤
https://smarturl.it/t0egsu
* Song by: RYAL (Jacque Ryal, @aaron_nevezie) & @christopher.white_
* Strings by @saracaswellvln
* Recorded & Mixed by: @aaron_nevezie at The Bunker Studio
* Mastered by: @alexdeturk at The Bunker Studio
Trombone solo on Superhero from the Sofija Knezevic Livestream Concert from The Bunker Studio
Full concert with high quality audio on my YouTube /elliotmason channel.
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Carlos Henriquez🎻
Sullivan Fortner 🎹
Kayvon Gordon 🥁
Sofija Knezevic 🎙
Elliot Mason 📎
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Todd Whitelock - Mixing
Luke Marantz 🎥