Stone Shore by dreamSTATE vs. Heiki
The spectral music on the "Stone Shore" EP was recorded live at Christ's Church Cathedral in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada when dreamSTATE (Scott M2 & Jamie Todd) and Heiki Sillaste performed for the New Harbours music series following the release of their first album together, "The North Shore".
Back home in his Toronto studio, Scott McGregor Moore edited out the trio's grooves and the "North Shore" pieces from their set and mixed in a fourth element - field recordings he had been collecting along the shoreline of Big Bay at Heiki's cottage.
Rocks gathered from Heiki's stoney beach were scraped, recorded, manipulated and merged with the music to help evoke impressions of the Laurentide Ice Sheet which carved out the Great Lakes and Georgian Bay, where Big Bay is located.
These final soundscapes connect the artists' spontaneous sound creations in a stone cathedral by Hamilton harbour, with their continuing relationships to the waters, the landscapes and the atmospherics of the Great Lakes region, their deepest inspiration.
Founded in 1995, dreamSTATE (Scott M2 & Jamie Todd) are a Canadian ambient music project known for their soundscape installations and live ambient and drone music performances. They also curate the long-running AMBiENT PiNG concert series in Toronto and are founders of the DRONE:KLUB community-drone-improv group.
Heiki Sillaste is a veteran of the Toronto electronic music scene and was a founding member of groups such as Digital Poodle, Kinder Atom and Lazer Caps. Since 1987, Heiki has released an impressive catalogue of well over 45 synthesizer-based records and made over 150 compilation appearances.
"This is the kind of ambient music that is also mind expanding but it comes with that much needed rough edge, like the sound of wind on barren land in 'Laurentide'. No effects are being spared in this music and the synthesizers, guitars and field recordings are treated with reverb, delay, chorus, flangers, some mild distortion and much more, like there is no end to this. In 'Secret Shore' everything is building up to a might chorus line of a massive wave rolling ashore. This forcefully played ambient/drone music is best served on a colder day, a rainy day and with a volume that makes your home rumble. That is the only option you have." - Frans de Waard at Vital Weekly
Tracklist
| 1. | Strange Harbour | 8:23 |
| 2. | Laurentide | 5:42 |
| 3. | Stoney Beach | 6:59 |
Credits
Atmospherics by Jamie Todd, Heiki Sillaste and Scott M2
Recorded live at Christ's Church Cathedral, Hamilton, Ontario Canada on May 10th, 2013 by Jamie Todd.
Field recordings captured at Big Bay, on Georgian Bay, Ontario by Scott M2.
Final production by Scott McGregor Moore.
Design and photography by Heiki Sillaste.
Concert photograph by Laura Wilson.
Many thanks to New Harbours and Ourebouros.
www.dreamstate.to
heiki.bandcamp.com
License
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Founded in 1995, the dreamSTATE duo of Scott M2 (Scott McGregor Moore) and Jamie Todd (URM) are a Canadian ambient music group best known for their soundscape installations and trailblazing live ambient and drone music performances.
They also curate the long-running AMBiENT PiNG concert series in Toronto and are founders of the DRONE:KLUB community drone-improv group.