Packaged in a windowed white cardboard jacket, with a hand-cut 4x5" glossy photographic print insert and custom text sticker work, with an in-house duplicated/printed white recordable 5" disc.
Includes unlimited streaming of Green Shape II
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Christmas is known for being a time of bountiful pleasures to share with friends, family and those dear to us (gather near to us once more). 2017 has been a tough year for me, and for a lot of people, so I'm very happy to have Christmas here now, with the beautiful snowy Ohio weather I've inherited, and a new year right around the corner. To emphasize this seasonal happiness, I've really put in a lot of time and energy this year for holiday-friendly music. There's my 4xCD-R "aural Yule Log" album Ferrolog, my 3xCD-R ambient Milieu triptych Snowradius, my longform icewater expedition Blue Vale Snowdream and now, to cap it all off, Green Shape II - a follow-up recording to (you guessed it) the original Green Shape album, which was recorded using holiday vinyl LP sides and three drum machines to create a unique holiday techno album.
Green Shape II was recorded in much the same fashion, only this time the operative drum machines were a Yamaha RX11, Roland TR505 and TR626. A bit more techno and a little less ambient dub than the first volume, Green Shape II contains four extended romps through brisk fir forests, clad in warm pea coat with iced espresso in hand. There are moments that recall the Subtropix album, with bounding archs of chords over a dance beat, while some of the bassline work on this album brings to mind things like Ocean Lion and Snow Vessel.
Hopefully, everyone else can enjoy the holidays as much as I'm trying to this year, and it is my sincere wish that these new recordings bring joy, pleasure and contentment to everyone who needs a little more. Happy holidays from the White Pillar Workshop!
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released December 13, 2017
W/P by Brian Grainger. Recorded at White Pillar Workshop using a Gemini PDT-6000, Yamaha RX11, Roland TR505 & TR626 and Arturia Microbrute, alongside an extensive analog and digital FX rig, channeled through a Peavey FX2x24 mixing desk. Photograph by Brian, Florida December 2014. Mastered by The Analog Botanist. This is Milieu Music number MMC008.
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