Date Released: 2002
Origin: United States
Genre: IDM, Experimental, Abstract, Ambient
Label: Toytronic
Tracklist:
1. Chariv Canopy
2. 2nd Twelve
3. Maple Cill
4. Pleuston
5. Alluvium Edit
6. Littoral
7. Tone, 2
8. Spring Street
9. Keflex
10. Mosse
11. 2nd 12 (Accelera Deck Mix)
12. Woven
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Balance. In black and white photography providing the right balance between "black" and "white" to properly convey desired form is critical. But also just as important are the many shades of grey between the stark blacks and whites. Greys are the threads that hold the composition together. Loess in its purest form is much like the stark black and white photos they use to represent their music the perfect balance of basic black and white form and the essential grey webbing that holds their music together.
Clay Emerson and Ian Pullman started Loess in the beginning of 2000. Previously they were part of improvisational ambient projects including Codec Scovill which they are still active with. They prefer to pronounce their name phonetically as "low-ESS" rather than the various correct pronunciations due to its fitting sound. The actual word loess is used to describe loose, fine grained soils that are thought to have been laid down by wind. This process often creates a characteristic terrain in the form of gently rolling hill slopes. Like the natural process, the qualities of Loess can be seen at both the microscopic scale, in their acute attention to detail, and on a larger scale in their gradual song structures.
Emerson and Pullman spent the first two years crafting their debut self-titled album and 3" CD single which were both released in 2002 on their own Nonresponse imprint. Their Loess debut was included on many journalists' best of lists for 2002 and was a focused ambient album which was punctuated with a perfect balance of skittering textural percussion, subtle melodies, and tactile grey fabric that has become Emerson and Pullman's trademark sound(...)
Emerson and Pullman spent the first two years crafting their debut self-titled album and 3" CD single which were both released in 2002 on their own Nonresponse imprint. Their Loess debut was included on many journalists' best of lists for 2002 and was a focused ambient album which was punctuated with a perfect balance of skittering textural percussion, subtle melodies, and tactile grey fabric that has become Emerson and Pullman's trademark sound(...)
(...)Thirty-six months, six grossly different studios and geographical locations later... What were once mere musical fragments, receive intensive mutations, re-visioning and re-compiling. The results are documented in this self-titled album. Compositions are arranged in a contiguous fashion in order to maintain continuity throughout the album. This material ranges from percussive-driven to rhythm-less pieces sprinkled with drifting melodic content. Arrangement style was purposely left in its natural, childlike form. Maximum focus was placed on crafting sound sources originating from subtractivesynthesis, found sound and digital-fodder inexplicables.
Review taken from: http://www.n5md.com/artists/Loess/Loess_presspack.pdf
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