{"product_id":"fovea-hex-the-salt-garden-landscaped","title":"Fovea Hex - The Salt Garden (Landscaped)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease date: 4\/16\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eLes Disques du Crepuscule presents \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Salt Garden (Landscaped)\u003c\/i\u003e, an album of extended pieces by acclaimed quiet music ensemble \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFovea Hex\u003c\/b\u003e, featuring longform remixes by British songwriter and producer Steven Wilson and Serbian soundscape artist Abul Mogard, as well as a previously unreleased mix by Peter Chilvers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormed in 2005 by Irish musician Clodagh Simonds, Fovea Hex have since released 3 albums (\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNeither Speak Nor Remain Silent\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHere Is Where We Used to Sing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Salt Garden\u003c\/i\u003e), drawing favourable comparisons with Nico, This Mortal Coil, Ligeti and even Schubert. As well as Steven Wilson and Abul Mogard, other high-profile admirers include film director David Lynch, who invited the group to play at his Cartier Foundation exhibition in Paris in 2007, and Brian Eno, who has described Clodagh’s work as “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003esome of the most extraordinary songs I’ve heard in years\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Salt Garden (Landscaped)\u003c\/i\u003e gathers together 3 long ambient remixes of tracks from the \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSalt Garden\u003c\/i\u003e EP trilogy, originally released between 2016 and 2019. The core album is pressed on crystal clear vinyl and showcases ‘Solace’ and ‘Is Lanza Light \u0026amp; Given’, both re-worked by musical polymath Steven Wilson. \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“I’ve long been a fan of Fovea Hex,”\u003c\/i\u003e explains Steven, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“which for me is some of the most sublimely beautiful music ever recorded. It’s a mix of electronic and acoustic sounds played on instruments ranging from state-of-the-art to ancient and arcane.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eAs well as the two tracks reworked by Steven, the bonus CD enclosed with the vinyl album also finds room for ‘We Dream All the Dark Away’, the widely-acclaimed re-interpretation by Abul Mogard of ‘All Those Signs’ from the \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSalt Garden II\u003c\/i\u003e EP. By turns haunting and sinister, but always beautiful, the piece features vocals by both Clodagh and Brian Eno, as well as cello by Kate Ellis, and modular synth and effects by mysterious soundscaper Mogard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn additional special bonus track on the CD is an unreleased remix of lesser -known 2015 digital single ‘By the Glacial Lake’ made by musician Peter Chilvers, best known for his collaborations with Brian Eno, Karl Hyde, Chris Martin and Tim Bowness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“I feel truly honoured!” \u003c\/i\u003esays Clodagh Simons, who began her career in cult folk-psyche band Mellow Candle, and since then has guested on albums by Mike Oldfield, Thin Lizzy, Russell Mills, Matmos, Current 93 and Steven Wilson.\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e “It’s been fascinating to witness how these pieces have been so imaginatively and skilfully revisioned in the hands of Steven, Abul and Peter. Each piece has emerged into a completely fresh new light, with a different vibrancy, yet remains grounded in what was there before.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Salt Garden (Landscaped\u003c\/i\u003e) is pressed on crystal clear vinyl, and comes packaged with a CD version featuring 4 tracks in total. The outer sleeve is printed in white reverse board and features an image taken by Crepuscule designer Joel Van Audenhaege during a recent trip to Greenland. The inner bag offers detailed liner notes as well as an interview with Clodagh.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLP tracklist \u003c\/b\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA1. Is Lanza Light \u0026amp; Given (Steven Wilson Remix)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB1. Solace (Steven Wilson Remix)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCD tracklist\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1. Is Lanza Light \u0026amp; Given (Steven Wilson Remix)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2. Solace (Steven Wilson Remix)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3. We Dream All the Dark Away (Abul Mogard Mix)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4. By the Glacial Lake (Peter Chilvers Remix)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Les Disques du Crepuscule","offers":[{"title":"LP (Clear vinyl) + CD","offer_id":68076739231943,"sku":"qng1793012464194","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0702\/1477\/9079\/files\/fovea-hex---the-salt-garden-landscaped_1.jpg?v=1793012473","url":"https:\/\/www.elmwaver.com\/products\/fovea-hex-the-salt-garden-landscaped","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}