Raw Silk Uncut Wood, by Laurel Halo

Raw Silk Uncut Wood

by Laurel Halo

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Paul Tisch I am in a dream wandering the halls of an abandoned underwater hotel. Favorite track: Nahbarkeit.

kdesmond A 10 minute mental examination bounded by 2 masterful ambient tracks. Favorite track: The Sick Mind.

World of Echo I hope she ends up doing more ambient in the future.

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	1.	Raw Silk Uncut Wood 10:00
	2.	Mercury 03:56
	3.	Quietude 02:32
	4.	The Sick Mind 04:24
	5.	Supine 01:27
	6.	Nahbarkeit 10:07

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"What works reliably is to know the raw silk, hold the uncut wood. Need little. Want less. Forget the rules. Be untroubled."

Laurel Halo presents six instrumental pieces that form a meditative, cinematic listening experience. Inspired by recent film score work for Metahaven and Ursula Le Guin's translation of the 'Tao Te Ching'. Featuring cello work by Oliver Coates and percussion by Eli Keszler.

Working in abstraction leads to a deeper longing for touch and closeness. The tactile sensation of struck organ keys and bowed strings, wood and felt on drum heads. Smoke and dirt and stone. Febrile and tactile, hairy and hissy. A clover of highway onramps, a continuous flow, like old leaves melting on their way down a stream at the back of a house. Constant contradiction, the truth's nowhere.

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released July 13, 2018

 Format : Mini-LP / Digital
Music by Laurel Halo
 Cello: Oliver Coates (Raw Silk Uncut Wood, Nahbarkeit)
 Percussion: Eli Keszler (Mercury, Nahbarkeit) 
Mastered at Dubplates & Mastering 
Distributed by Honest Jon’s
Front cover: Jill Mulleady, 'Prince S', 2017.
 Back cover: Studio Hugo Blanzat 

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