NIL, by NIL

NIL

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6 tracks, each 666 seconds long.

This project was an experiment in dense layering of sounds, incorporating electronic drums, improvised synths and bass as well as 'found sounds' such as an extractor fan in track 3, and manipulated sounds such as a malfunctioning VHS player that forms the main drone in track 6.

The lyrics for track 6 were written using acrostic expansion; taking a short phrase, substituting each letter with a full word starting with those letters, repeat. After running this a couple of times, I had about 10 minutes of text which I then chopped up an layered over the closing few minutes of the piece.

Recorded mostly in 2017 with occasional additions up to and including 2020.

NvL was performed as discreet improvisations by the following musicians. None of them had any reference track other than a 666-second blank canvas.

Gerald Chau – Guitar, Bass
Don Cunningham – Guitar, Bass, Drums
George Henry – Drums
Ross McLauchlan – Synths, Digital Noise
Gil Thompson – Synths, Digital Noise

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released March 15, 2021

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William Waite Wright Dublin, Ireland

This is an archive of recordings completed between 2009 - 2021

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