Uboa

Uboa - Calm Down excerpt

Added 2024-04-01 12:49:51 +0000 UTC

Hey, sorry about the lack of stuff recently as I've obviously been busy w/ prepping for roadburn (which is terrifyingly close aaaa). I was commissioned to write two sets, EP/mini-LP length, called "Meltdown" and "Calm Down". (I'll probably rename both meltdown/calm down something more final later, the meltdown/shutdown/calmdown thing is mostly as a way to advertise all three sets in a united sense.)

So heres a snippet of how Calm Down is going so far. I can't show you the full thing even here due yet to the exclusivity contract with roadburn until after I play.

Calm Down is much more ambient, amorphous and 'peaceful' than some of my previous bandcamp-available work (ffo Time Hecker, Tujiko Noriko, and labelmate Cremation Lily), but still does have noise because thats what I do.

Both sets feature violin by Claire Westover (The World at a Glance) and cello by Thom Lidgerwood, my housemate. Here its more symphonic, for Meltdown its more Ligeti or Xenakis style stuff.

Calm Down and Meltdown will likely be a released properly (as EPs/...mini-LPs?) a little bit of time after roadburn and after my LP is out (sooner than you think!) and likely after my upcoming split on bandcamp. Generally, I finish stuff well before it is out - the LP and split are both mastered and 'in the chamber' so to speak, awaiting the best time to release (don't worry, LP is soon! split is a 3 months from now I think, depending on how the LP goes)

I'll try to post the recordings of the sets here after roadburn however. They likely won't be the final product I'll put out in the world, but you'll get the WIPs anyway unless I am told in strong words I can't.