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THE CLOUD BOX) In early November 2004, the TIME STEREO label will release THE CLOUD BOX by His Name Is Alive. This hand-made box will contain ten new cds!!!! The CLOUD BOX will be in an extremely limited edition (50) and will only be available through the time stereo website. This sturdy wooden box was designed by artist DAVIN BRAINARD and will be signed and numbered by the band and designer. THE CLOUD BOX is His Name Is Alive's first release since 2002's LAST NIGHT album. This fancy boxset contains an extremely diverse range of musical ideas and sound explorations:
In 2000 Time Stereo released His Name Is Alive's HEART AND HAND box set (which also contained 10 cd-rs) and it sold out in just a few hours. Time Stereo will not be taking pre-orders for THE CLOUD BOX but when it is available for purchase in early November a newsletter will be sent to TIMESTEREO EEEMAIL subscribers and an announcement will be made on the time stereo website!!!! disc one: BROWN RICE) Recordings from a non-stop marathon weekend session
celebrating elliot's 21st birthday + field recordings from
bhaktapur, nepal on new years 1999-2000 + recordings
made in ann arbor michigan with jake's high school
orchestra. previously available at shows, BROWN RICE
has now been re-edited and remastered.
disc two: USA vs. GAMELAN)
elliot called, "warn, i got the keys to the gamelan"
warn an hitoko jumped in the car and they recorded
several hours of americanized his name is alive music
on a full set of instruments of the INDONESIAN
GAMELAN orchestra kept at the university of michigan,
ann arbor. bonang, saron, gong, slentem and suling
played by warn hitoko and elliot.
disc three: DREEM UP) recorded circa 1994-95 back when HNIA was starting a
lot of projects and not finishing all of them
(the mexican 1/2 speed ambient masters was another
"lost" album). it began as a covers album but since
warn didn't get around to learning the songs, karin had to sing
them acappella, but an acappella covers album didn't seem
like such a hot idea so the project got shelved. later on warn
added some "music" and now here it is ten years later,
a long lost old school his name is alive album.
This album is also available separately.*disc four: THE PINECONE)
"part of my therapy when things were going bad with the music industry
was collecting pinecones and trying to turn them into musical instruments.
i eventually found a number of them that had desirable tonalities and a
certain consistency. i didn't want to make a gimmicky "hey look at this
funny man playing an ELECTRIC PINECONE" type of album, so i wrote serious
songs or improvised duets with "real instruments" like african thumb piano,
nylon string guitar, violin, upright bass, treated music box, electric bear,
percussion, and harmonium." - warn defever
highlights include one track where the violinist plays with a pinecone
replacing the traditional violin bow,
and another track where the keys of the pinecone, instead of being gently
stroked by thumbs, are bowed like a violin.disc five: MYSTERY SPOT)
"i don't wanna talk about it, but once you listen you can figure it out, if
you're smart." - warn defeverdisc six: SPRING CAN REALLY HANG YOU UP THE MOST
recorded for an installation in an art gallery in Detroit after
a particularly harsh winter, this long piece was designed not
for the traditional left and right stereo speaker orientation but
top and bottom separation. the installation was in a stairwell
with one large PA speaker placed at the top of the stairs on
the third floor and the other in the basement. the music tries
to recreate the experience of being trapped in a house for several
months and then as the ice and snow gradually melt, the
windows are eventually opened, the sound of birds are heard
once again, and finally there's a party at the lake!!!!
disc seven: WAKE UP JIN)
"the band Slumber Party played an all night show in detroit
(Slumber Party- Slumber Party) and at nine in the morning
we played a slow quiet set to gently awaken the
still-drunk/hung-over guests." - warn defever
disc eight: EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK) "i was tired of being inside a studio and wanted to record new sounds in special places. A year earlier, i recorded at a beautiful 500 year old temple in japan, but now i wanted to find somewhere closer to home. also in this series was a field trip to DEATH VALLEY!!!" - warn defever
field recordings include Warn throwing rocks at birds, and an alligator attacking and eating a bird. Several birds were probably hurt and at least one bird was eaten during this recording. Warn fails to engage an owl in a flute duet, but does get a good jam going with some fish and a bell. disc nine: FREE CONCERT
HIS NAME IS ALIVE played a special concert in Detroit on
July 10, 2004. Lovetta sings, Warn plays guitar and piano,
Elliot plays piano and saxophone, Jamie plays upright bass,
and Nicole plays congas, a cd of birds plays quietly
through one amplifier, and many bells were handed out to
the audience members.disc ten: DETROLA"On Tuesday June 15 2004, I was trying to work in my
studio (located in downtown Detroit on Woodward Ave),
but i was interrupted in the evening by loud sounds from
the street below. The Detroit Pistons had just won Game 5
of the NBA CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS, beating the
LA LAKERS 100 to 87, and the people of the city had
decided to celebrate with an unofficial late night drunken
parade. The steady stream of car honking, screaming,
and gun shots were too loud for me to work so i decided
that maybe this would escalate into a cool riot and that
maybe i should tape it. I set up some microphones out the
window and waited for hours thinking it would soon pass.
Eventually I decided to join in. I tried to accompany the
orchestra of blaring car horns and the roaring choir of
excited sports fans, on the piano. After several hours of
not-quite-riot behavior, the police closed off the street,
but the party continued in the distance...." - warn defever
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