Harvestman, Steve Von Till's (Neurosis) Psych/Ambient project, will release Triptych: Part Two via Neurot Recordings on July 21st. You can check out the visualizer for the new track, "Damascus," below:
Von Till comments:
This is ‘Damascus.’ Both a steel forged of different layers and a city of ancient origin. And it was the result of fortunate serendipity. The track was born of my first experiments with software utilizing loop-based composition. After years of using the same linear process as analog recording, I wanted to branch out into being able to manipulate rhythms, analog phrases, delay and modulation effects to a set tempo. I invited my friend, Sanford Parker, over to coach me through my entry into that world. While this began as a tutorial of sampling, cutting and syncing percussion loops, it quickly led to him guiding me through looping my fuzzed-out guitar improvisations with it. We moved on and walked away from it. It might have become a throwaway work sample had something in those beats and fuzz guitars not peaked my imagination later. After several months, out of curiosity, I opened the session and revisited the piece. I was immediately drawn into the vibe, put down a solid bass groove, synths, and found an organic sequence of the loops that gave it life and flow while still maintaining the loop-based nature of the foundational tracks.
Triptych: Part 2 Track Listing:
1. The Hag Of Beara vs The Poet
2. The Falconer
3. Damascus
4. The Hag Of Beara vs The Poet (Forest Dub)
5. Vapour Phase
6. Galvanized And Torn Open
7. The Unjust Incarceration
