Here we go 2012

So i thought id better get my first post of the year underway – really must make more of an effort to update this blog more regularly this year. Just wanted to say big thanks to everyone that helped, wrote about, played alongside or listened to me or my music over the last year – its much appreciated.

Cant be bothered with a best of year list as every man and his dog did one they all kind of feel pointless so ill just mention a few records ive been enjoying alongside these 5 that i mentioned in Textura recently:

Jacaszek – Glimmer
Kangding Ray – Or
Kreng – Grimoire
Oneohtrix Point Never – Replica
Petrels – Haeligewielle
Peaking Lights – 936

Ok now thats out the way a couple of things – firstly there is a lovely video and review at Fluid Radio of the Hibernate/Home Normal xmas gig here.

and a very limited number of Talvihorros tshirts for sale at the Hibernate store here thats the last few so once they are gone they are gone.

Ill be anouncing a few releases for this year pretty soon, ill be doing a couple of splits, a couple of albums and some other bits and pieces which should result in my most prodcutive year ever. Woo! Im liking 2012 so far……

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LP Now Available / More Press

So the LP is now ready for ‘Descent Into Delta’ im really pleased with the pressing – this is my first album to get a vinyl release which is pretty exciting.

It can now be purchased in all formats either direct from Hibernate HERE

or from the following shops below

UK:
Norman Records – http://www.normanrecords.com/vinyl/128450-talvihorros-descent-into-delta
USA:
Experimedia – http://www.experimedia.net/?artists_id=325&typefilter=artist
Japan:
Linus Records – http://www.linusrecords.jp/products/detail.php?product_id=5798

Here are some more press reactions for the record:

“Sonic composition at its most haunting. Descent Into Delta, experimental guitarist Ben Chatwin’s latest opus, offers an immersive experience most akin to Leyland Kirby and (a beatless) Forest Swords…”
The Kort

“…this is an album which takes an undercurrent of unease and just twists it round and round inside your head for about forty minutes, giving you respite in places, but never letting you quite escape its clutches.”
Song By Toad

“Descent Into Delta is a fine example of the diverse ways in which a guitar can contribute to the crafting of a cohesive environment.”
The Silent Ballet

“Talvihorros explores the outer limits of music, experimenting with elements that transcend the basic sounds themselves, and worming into your subconscious in a way that catches you completely off guard. ‘Descent Into Delta’ is music for the parts of your mind you didn’t even know existed.”
Trebuchet Magazine

“…this record places him firmly at the top of his game alongside his contemporaries…”
The Steinberg Principle

“…the music created by Talvihorros is at once wonderfully dreamy and evocative, and yet manages to remain intrinsically grounded and organic.”
The Milk Factory

“Impressive Stuff.”
The Liminal

Oh and last but not least check out this amazing video review courtesy of Was Ist Das, big thanks to Ned for this!

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Early Delta Press

There have been a few early press reactions to my new record ‘Descent Into Delta’ – officially out tomorrow, click the links to read them in full:

“Add Descent Into Delta to Ben Chatwin’s ongoing run of spectacular Talvihorros releases”
Textura

“…it’s Chatwin’s ear for melody that really impresses, imbuing the album with a sense of gut-wrenching melancholy and drama…”

Drowned In Sound

“In ‘Descent into Delta’ Chatwin conjures elemental pictures, with a weight of gravity and voluminous space that are impressively rendered.”
Futuresequence

“For a record that relies solely on instrumental music this is a considerable achievement which gives true meaning to the much over-used term, ‘emotional journey’.”
Leonard’s Lair

“I felt nothing but the greatest amount of joy listening to this deliberate slow moving beast of an album.”
Beach Sloth

“One of the best guitar-drone albums of the year so far.”
L’Apartament18

Big thanks to anyone that has listened to/reviewed the album so far – its much appreciated.

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Just For A Moment

I recently contributed a new track to a wonderful compilation by the Audio Gourmet label.  It features 60 tracks, each lasting 60 seconds a piece.  All proceeds go towards the relief effort in Japan.  Its a great compilation that has some wonderful tracks (check out the Jacaszek one!).

It can be purchased for £2.99 or more here:
http://music.audiogourmet.co.uk/album/just-a-moment

My track is called ‘Hallowed’ its an edit of a future album track and on-going collaboration with viola player Anais Lalange.  She also performs on the track ‘Delta’ on my forthcoming album ‘Descent Into Delta’.  Stream ‘Hallowed’ below:

Hallowed by Talvihorros

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Descent Into Delta

Talvihorros: Gamma/Beta by hibernate

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Kanshin Compilation

I have a new track on a wonderful compilation curated by Hibernate Records and Fluid Audio, all proceeds go direct (via Ian Hawgood) to help the benefit recovery in Japan, post-earthquake. Im really pleased i can contribute to such a worthwhile cause and encourage all of you to go buy the comp either digtially or physically.

My track is called Perigee and can be heard below:
Perigee by Talvihorros

Available to download from Bandcamp:
http://kanshin.bandcamp.com

Or pre-order the double-CD package here:
http://fluidaudio.bigcartel.com/product/variosu-artists-kanshin
http://store.hibernate-recs.co.uk/products/10276
http://www.store.fluid-radio.co.uk/2011/05/kanshin-cd-9-99/

Here is the tracklist:

1. Clem Leek: Light Passage II (Grief)
2. Hummingbird: Dancing Shadows
3. Relmic Statute: Lopery
4. Scissors and Sellotape: Heal
5. P Jørgensen & Ian Hawgood: Isles
6. Wil Bolton: Lost In Transit
7. Field Rotation: A Pondering Silence
8. Caught In The Wake Forever: LiaFail (At Dawn)
9. Damian Valles: Clime
10. Library Tapes: May (Variation)
11. Yellow6: Repeat
12. Maps and Diagrams with Ylid: Again
13. Felicia Atkinson: Chaleur Vacante
14. Hessien: Flightless And Nocturnal
15. Yann Novak: 3 Surfaces Excerpt
16. Offthesky With Ten And Tracer: Therapy Refuge
17. Orla Wren With Katie English: Swallowtail Yellow
18. The Moving Dawn Orchestra: We’re Here
19. Spheruleus: Residue
20. The Silence Set: So Will Everything We Love
21. Aaron Martin & Machinefabriek: Utsutsu
22. Szymon Kaliski: And Longing
23. Jeremy Bible & Jason Henry: Grainslip
24. Bengalfuel: Gorgon
25. David Newlyn: Landscape (III)
26. Tom White: Bright Rooms
27. Listening Mirror: The Cause Of It All
28. Talvihorros – Perigee
29. Alex Durlak: Bellows
30. Antonymes: Kiotsuketene
31. Kyle Bobby Dunn: Britannia Into Morning

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Silver City Soul Video

Here is a rather nice usage of ‘The Blue Cathedral’ from my album Some Ambulance:

More info about this video can be found at – silvercitysoul.me

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MIE/Hibernate Event and Tim Hecker show

I have two live shows happening over the coming week – firstly an all-dayer in Manchester’s Kraak Gallery curated by MIE and Hibernate. It features a great line-up of artists including Stephan Mathieu and BJ Nilsen, well worth the cheap ticket entry of 7 english pounds.

Buy tickets here

Also Monday 9th May ill be opening for Tim Hecker at Corsica Studios. Im a big fan of Tim’s work so massively excited to be playing on that night – im sure it will be busy so get a ticket if you want to come down, here

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Live at The Union Chapel

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Daylight Music at Union Chapel 2nd April 2011

Here is some photographic evidence of my recent show at the Union Chapel.  It was a great day and probably the best venue ive ever performed at.  A recording of the show should surface sometime soon…..

Photography by Jordan Chatwin

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Textura Review of ‘Solo Guitar Improvisation II’

Textura have just posted a review of my latest EP – released through Rural Colours last month.  ‘Solo Guitar Improvisation II’ is now a free download from my bandcamp page.

Read the review here or below:

“Ben Chatwin’s contribution to the Rural Colours series is a seventeen-minute solo guitar improvisation that distills many of the strengths of his Talvihorros style into a single, long-form setting. During the piece’s opening minutes, Chatwin peppers plaintive guitar figures with waves of distorted voice effects, bass rumbles, and percussive flourishes. As the material develops, the sound mass grows ever more combustible and the electric guitar fiery. There’s no sense of urgency in terms of tempo as the track unfolds at a meditative crawl, but there’s definitely dramatic portent in the crushing swell of volume and density that the elements work towards. Having escalated to the level of controlled howl by the ten-minute mark, the mass grows ever more molten as it’s pierced by the stabbing shudder and wail of the electric guitar until an eventual dénouement sets in. Though he pushes the EP’s material into an uncompromisingly raw and at times violent zone, it never becomes unlistenable or loses its fundamental coherence as an overall composition. Here as in his other recordings, Chatwin strikes an admirable balance between accessibility and experimentalism in such a way that other guitar-based sound sculptors would do well to follow his example.”

Big thanks to Ron at Textura for his continued support.  More live recordings coming very soon, next time on tape – watch this space….

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Tim Hecker – Ravedeath, 1972

Ive been really enjoying Tim Hecker’s new album ‘Ravedeath, 1972′, recorded with a church organ in Iceland with Ben Frost and Paul Corley. Utilising amplification and the natural space of the church to create such a big, expansive sound – a wonderful continuation of Tim’s work. Highly recommended, go buy it:

www.kranky.net

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