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Night Time In the Owsla
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[1] A Box in the Middle of a Meadow - 04:22
[2] Locked Tides - 08:31
[3] Tenebrous Beats the Hunters Heart - 02:17
[4] Tin, On the Savannah - 02:51
[5] Nowhere Is a Cloud In the Distance - 04:51
[6] Curved Like an Egg - 06:07
[7] Night Time In the Owsla - 05:39
All sounds by Sloum
Album Art by Vincent Fugère
Liner notes by Sloum
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This album was originally released, in digital
form, in 2010 on the now defunct Camomille Music
imprint. Around 50 CD copies were made by Sloum
and housed in hand stamped cardstock sleeves.
This album was, to my [Sloum] recollection, made
in the bedroom of my apartment recording to a Pro
Tools Mbox 2 interface. Most of the sounds come
from a Fernandez strat style guitar running
through a number of effects pedals including a
Boss DD-3, an Akai Head Rush, a Behringer Slow
Volume, and a Behringer Digital Reverb. I believe
there was also a small Danelectro Delay pedal and
a few overdrive/distortion pedals. Everything was
run into a small Vox practice amp (a cheap one
that cost around $100 new) that had a spring
reverb and tremolo effect available. The amp was
mic'd by an SM-58 and an inexpensive Marshall
condenser microphone. The keyboard sounds (mostly
piano) were provided by an Ensoniq MR-76. I also
did a lot of field recording in and around the
apartment. Most of the field recording was done
with a small Zoom handheld recorder. Some was
done with the same Marshall condenser mic used
for the guitar.
I remember sitting in my living room with a bunch
of rubber stamps and hand stamping each letter on
each sleeve, then layering a few other stamps to
create the rest of the art.
A month or two later I got in touch with Vincent,
who ran a digital label I very much liked, about
releasing the digital version. He designed the
cover art and released it on Camomille Music.
I had a lot of fun recording this. My favorite
track was then, and still is, "Tin, On the
Savannah". Not sure why.
As some listeners may notice: the title of the
album is a reference to the book Watership Down,
which I had read shortly before recording this.
- Sloum (2020-03-19)
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