Yellow6 / Rothko / Landing
New Found Land CD [MF10]
MP3: Halftones and Metatones - By Rothko

The Music Fellowship is excited to announce a series of Triptychs - three-way split CDs containing three 20+minute recordings by three individual but complementary artists.

The first in the series, New Found Land, is where YELLOW6, the ambient journey of Leicestershire guitarist Jon Attwood, ROTHKO, the impressionistic bass odyssey charted by Londonís Mark Beazley, and the many musical byways traveled by Connecticut-based LANDING finally meet.

Constructed in a digital studio, YELLOW6ís looped, cut, and pasted compositions are layered and elegant, uniting bliss-out drone, airy rhythms, and melodic inflections. Attwoodís contribution to New Found Land is on the more structured side of his sonic spectrum, revealing facets perhaps not seen on his previous releases (for such labels as Ochre, Rocket Racer, Jonathon Whiskey, and Enraptured).

ROTHKO began in 1997 with a unique three-bass lineup. Founding member Beazley has since expanded ROTHKOís sound with additional instrumentation. Recorded solo during the projectís early years, the intensely atmospheric ìHalftones and Metatonesî continues Beazleyís patient exploration of the infinite possibilities of four strings. While itís classic ROTHKO, as heard on Lo Recordings, (K-RAA-K)3 and Bella Union, ìHalftonesî anticipates the new directions Beazley is pursing on Too Pure.

Over the past three years, LANDING has retained a lush, hypnotic aura while spanning pure improvisation and gentle songcraft. The bandís contribution to New Found Land presents a new chapter of the quartetís ongoing adventures in sound and texture. This is LANDINGís fourth release on the Music Fellowship, and other recent releases are available on BaDaBing!, Strange Attractorís Audio House, and on Olympiaís K Records.


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