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Friday, November 13, 2009

PUT up MORE outakes from past album because the new album is...
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Category: Blogging

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Rock Bottom
By Robert Wyatt
Release date: 2008-10-27

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Monday, August 17, 2009

RISIL. NON METERS VOLUME TWO - ON THE WAY.. Nice Words.
Current mood:

inquisitive
Category: Music

RISIL gives THANKS for the love regarding: Volume ONE. The next one is coming...

We are in love with you._RISIL

Risil, "Non Meters Volume 1" Print

Written by Henry Smith Sunday, 28 June 2009 cover image

A supergroup of sorts, Risil is the moniker for a series of collaborations between a slew of musicians which include Guillermo Herren of Prefuse 73 and Savath & Savalas, Zach Hill of Hella, Tyondai Braxton of Battles and John McEntire of Tortoise. Over the course of some time, the collaboration resulted in enough material to culminate in this, the first of three volumes to comprise the evolving casts' output. Important

Too often, supergroups seem to realize themselves as a disappointment, an over-distillation of the contributors' various styles into something that neither pushes the members' discographical depth nor reveals much about the other projects with which they are associated. With little room for development and the expectations of already loyal fans, the artists are pigeon-held into producing something that will neither harm their more consistent group's reputation nor displease anyone who they have already won over.Needless to say, that is not the case here. With such a large number of musicians contributing (eleven are given credit here) there is little room for any one individual's voice to be central, making this a truly collaborative and, as a result, exciting effort. With such diverse representatives, the sound here is instead based in a loose, improvisational style that hardly forsakes the members' pasts, but certainly creates a new environment for them to make music.Organized by date of recording, the album tracks about nine months of music making, from the brief New Years day psychedelicism of "Implicate"—whose bent guitar tones and computerized stretches weave an unsettling view of the coming year—to "Oxygen Path," the longest track here and one steeped in tough to pin down rhythmic patterns creating a dense, mulch-like underbelly to the eventual breakbeat drumming that drives it forward.In between, the unit has some wonderful moments, many of which are found in cooperation with Eva Puyuelo Muns and Alejandra Deheza's vocals. Treated delicately by various other members, the vocals serve to ground the work's busy nature, allowing for the group's full potential to come to the fore. Pieces like "There Has to Be" and "This Air I Breathe" take on a Reichian quality as they turn repeated phrases into the rhythmic basis for the rest of the work.The counterpart to the opening "Risil Intro," "Risil Outro" closes the disc in fitting fashion, representing much of what the group seems to seek. With delicate instrumental finesse the sound resides somewhere between computer music, techno, post-rock, krautrock and drone well represented, but also overcome. Without sacrificing any of their individual capabilities, the unit creates a sound that is far more concerned with collaboration than demonstration. The result is a loose and unstructured feel, but one well conceived in its overall sound. In other words, it lies exactly where this sort of collaboration should, neither forsaking nor conflating its members' previous output, but infusing each with further depth and appreciation.

Currently listening:
Crime and Dissonance
Release date: 2005-11-29

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Today I learned...
Current mood:

nostalgic
Category: Life

http://pitchfork.com/news/35612-prefuse-73-gathers-battles-tortoise-hella-members-for-risil-collective/ I suppose this record is dropping finally.... nice.

Currently listening:
Mind Raft EP
By Deradoorian
Release date: 2009-05-05

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

RISIL. NON METERS VOLUME ONE out NOW on IMPORTANT RECORDS.
Current mood:

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Category: Dreams and the Supernatural

"IMPORTANT RECORDS" WILL BE RELEASING "RISIL'S" FIRST VOLUME OF SONGS OF THIS COLLABORATIVE PROJECT OF CONSTANT ROTATING MEMBERS, ETC....

"NON METERS VOLUME ONE"(out of 3) _____ INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING CAST:

Zach Hill: drums (HELLA, 100 other bands + DIAMOND WATCH WRISTS!)
Alejandra Deheza: vocals, flute - (SVllB)
John McEntire: drums (TORTOISE, mega producer, super producer, super nice)
Guillermo Herren: guitar, bass, processing, vocals, drums, piano, flute, cello-(P73 inc.)
Benjamin Curtis: guitar (SVllB, ex- Secret Machines)
Laurence Pike: drums (PIVOT, TRIOSK)
Tyondai Braxton: beat boxing, mouth noises (BATTLES)
Robert Carlos Lange: processing, samples, sequencing, electronics, guitar, bells, cymbals (SAVATH Y SAVALAS, EPSTEIN Y EL COJUNTO, ROM, HELADO NEGRO, P73)
Ryan Rasheed: sounds, electronics (LEB LAZE, PREFUSE 73)
Eva Puyuelo Muns: vocals (SAVATH Y SAVALAS)

The next following two volumes include different collaborators and many of the same...
The reason for the separate volumes is based on many factors - one being that this would have to be a box set if it wasn't separated based on which songs make sense on one full length record. Other decisions are based on production, location, time, etc....
Meaning that the 3 volumes sounds vary but will all make sense on the final full length comprised of the chosen favorites from everyone and recorded+mixed all at one time.
Either way, it's fun for the whole family. In the meantime, there are e.p.s + 7"s that will pop up as well.

BIG HUGS FROM RISIL....

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ImportantRecords.com

Recent Recordings on Important Records:
Anthony Braxton | Pauline Oliveros | Christina Kubisch
James Blackshaw | Kimya Dawson | Coil | Grails | Ocean
Acid Mothers Temple | A Place To Bury Strangers
Birchville Cat Motel | Tau Emerald | Suishou No Fune
Thuja | Citay | Larsen | Julia Kent | Piano Magic | XBXRX
Rameses III | Beequeen | Kurt Weisman | Diane Cluck

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Real Wheels - Mega Truck Adventures
Release date: 2003-09-16

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Saturday, June 14, 2008

"PITCHFORK" reports a little bit on what’s going on here...
Category: Jobs, Work, Careers

Guillermo Scott "Prefuse 73" Herren may be just one man, but each of the man's many guises appear to be plotting something newsworthy right this moment. Herren's got a single and LP on the way from his new band, talk of a collaborative tour with a fellow producer, and a pair of LPs from two of his highest-profile projects to date. All of it's very much in progress as of this writing, but what we know now, we're telling.

Herren's recently-formed musical unit, Risil, will issue their first release-- a split 12" with Los Angeles' The Mother.Fucking Gaslamp Killer-- fairly soon. The band, consisting of Herren and members of Sunn O))), Hella, School of Seven Bells, Pivot, and others, will stick to vinyl-only releases like the single until their full length LP is properly slated for release from Warp. Risil recently posted some rough demos of their tunes on MySpace, should that combination intrigue.
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Guillermo+Stephen O)) hiding in Italy.

Currently listening:
Morton Feldman: Rothko Chapel; Why Patterns?
Release date: 1992-09-24