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Kern​/​Host

by James A. McDermid

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[proheme] 01:48
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tendre 03:44
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fantôme 02:43
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[mettre fin] 04:34

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Label: Whitelabrecs
Cat: WLR049
Released: 18th November 2018
Mastering: Tim Diagram

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About the album:

"James stopped writing and recording music in 2010; this was until the sudden tragedy of his sister Harriet being diagnosed as terminally ill threw his world upside down. Struggling to understand the gravity of it all - or know what to do to help - he turned to music once more. In fact, the music poured out of him to the extent that he decided to create a trilogy of albums all dedicated to the later life and memory of Harriet.

[The first album was ‘Ghost Folk’. It is made up of 25 tracks and was released on Polar Seas in 2017; in early 2018 the label KrysaliSound released the follow-up - ‘Tonal Glints’. The triptych is now complete with ‘Kern-Host’.]

'Kern-Host' began as James spent some time alone in Paris. He’d walk around the city during the day and then work on music at night in his hotel room. He’d sift and rework sounds he had captured at home. Using his laptop, headphones and a tiny keyboard controller he is able to work in a location away from the environment that his sample library had been created and Paris became the backdrop to this project.

The ten recordings feel as if James has recorded a sonic diary of his time spent alone in Paris and the beautiful texture to these drones will help you feel a part of his solitary visit."

- Harry Towell [Whitelabrecs, November 2018]

credits

released November 18, 2018

All tracks are the work of James Alexander McDermid | Recorded in France, Portugal and England, 2015-2017

Mastered by Tim Diagram | Album artwork by James A. McDermid

Dedicated to my sister, Harriet (1975-2016)

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REVIEWS:

"...flickers with orchestral drones, cut up field recordings, small percussion elements and shimmering guitar. The music elevates with intensity, with the expression in the colours of the music becoming more vibrant."

- Drifting, Almost Falling (January 2019)

"Kern-Host is healing. James A. McDermid completes the trilogy with beautiful sonic textured drones over Paris night skies. The elegant ambient haze of James' creativity shimmers throughout expressions of experimental sound."

- Ambiance Glitters (December 2018)

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James A. McDermid Lisbon, Portugal

Experimental music artist

Albums on:

Polar Seas (Canada) / Shimmering Moods (Netherlands) / La Petite Chambre (Brazil) / Whitelabrecs (UK) / Krysalisound (Italy) / 1834 (Germany) / Cathedral Transmissions (England) / Herhalen (Scotland). ... more

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