Grouper

[fujee]

Ah shit, St.Johns is such a good venue too. SOTL, Basinski and Tim Hecker have been there recently. Wish I got tix

[FortonServices]

Ok, the latest Grouper album is really starting to sink in now.

DAMN this is good.

[portiss]

I've been wanting to check Grouper out properly, but hvan't really gotten into it yet.

Where should I start?

[FortonServices]

I'd say Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill or The Man Who Died In His Boat. That's what worked for me. I'd advise a fairly quiet listening environment, as it tends to be quiet and fairly sparse. It also helps if you feel either incredibly tired or depressed.

[The Telepathic Kid]

Dead Deer is in my top 25 of all time,

it's also where I started.

[Guido]

(not my photo)

Saw her in Belgium. Very beautiful. Very Boards of Canada-like imagery was displayed behind her. Gig lasted for about an hour. She played a succession of songs that mostly consisted of her playing guitar and solo vocals beautifully alternated with a choir of layers of her voice played from tape. She concluded with a 15 minute or so ambient/drone piece improvised live using pre-recorded tapes and a loop device that transformed her voice and guitar into a haunting reverb-drenched soundscape. At the very end she incorporated sampled sounds that strongly resembled number stations, or perhaps transmissions from an astronaut in space.

<3

[Guido]

[The Telepathic Kid]

thanks for that, it's so great to see her sitting crosslegged on the stage with all of those pedals and tape players around her.

I don't think I've heard any of the material she played, but it truly is a tribute to how good of an artist she is, I was transfixed the whole time anyway.
Beautiful stuff, thanks again.

[fujee]

Liz and William together. So cool.

[The Telepathic Kid]

she's got a record out later this year as a part of a pop side project called Helen.

readily waiting for that one.

[fujee]

Excellent! I love everything she has done, of her side projects I thought Mirroring was especially good, and the split she did with Roy Montgomery, if you can call that a side project, as it was under the Grouper moniker.

Don't mess with Liz

[Guido]

Where do you find those pictures Fujee?

[fujee]

Basinski's twitter account

[Mexicola]

New album 'Grid of Points' available to preorder from Kranky.
Details here.

[fujee]

Excellent news.

[Mexicola]

And it's lovely, of course.
But does 22 minutes and seven tracks constitute an LP? Hmmm.

[Scotronica]

Cool Grouper mix on Resident Advisor this week

https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast ... spx?id=621

[A_Northern_Soul]

New Grouper out now, with an album to follow:

https://www.clashmusic.com/news/grouper ... clean-mind

this is GORGEOUS.