Distant Scenes

by Ashlar

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1.	Beneath the Haze 07:06	buy track
2.	Set Apart 04:26	buy track
3.	Fused 07:00	buy track
4.	Insects and Dust 04:16	buy track
5.	Orchid 05:06	buy track
6.	Same Fate 04:56	buy track
7.	Postcards Home 03:30	buy track
8.	Colourless 05:06	buy track
9.	Patterns and Memories 06:22	buy track

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After the first two Ashlar albums Wil relocated back to London, which meant that when the duo began to work together again, a very different approach was necessary. Instead of jamming and producing together, they worked remotely, usually initiated by the sharing of recordings, which were then added to, processed and bounced back and forth until the final tracks emerged.

With ‘Distant Scenes’ most of the sounds began as piano loops (played by Wil) and acoustic guitar parts (played by Phil), which were heavily processed and re-processed several times using both software effects and guitar pedals. Where the first two albums featured environmental sounds from the local area, the field recordings here were made by both artists separately, in wildly varied locations including Japan, Korea and the UK.
Unlike their initial work, this new method of working has taken a great deal longer to fully realise, given that the process was less immediate and more meticulous.

Distant Scenes is an album built around distance, time and space as their different recording locations inspired new but separate ideas. A warm but blurry canvas has been woven over a four year period, as time has rusted the memories of the good old days spent jamming on their earlier albums and newer ideas have been corroded into a melancholic fuzz.

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released July 20, 2018

Written and produced by Wil Bolton and Phil Edwards
Mastered by Wil Bolton
Released on CD by Whitelabrecs

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Ashlar Liverpool, UK

Ashlar is the collaborative project of Wil Bolton and Phil Edwards/PJE.

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