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Never gets old. Favorite pass time at the moment is grabbing a coffee around noon and driving down to the beach, all the while listening to Blurry Thursday as the pollen invades my eyes and I, too, (often on a thursday as well) have blurry vision.
da5idh
kinda idm but not, chattery skittish beats, omnipresent melody and analogish bass. puts me in mind of some of Tom Ellards fine severed moments, no better recommendation imo,
Favorite track: Blurry Thursday.
Assembled by hand, one copy at a time, in the White Pillar Workshop. A white 5" recordable disc, printed and duplicated via an Imation D20, held securely inside a green die-cut paper sleeve with a 4x5" glossy photographic print insert and a text label on the back cover.
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BLURRY THURSDAY is the affectionate title given to three new Milieu pieces, developed in tandem between a hardware setup of analog synths and drum machines, a couple different FM synth boxes and a DAW with more overdubs, sampling and FM synths to round everything off. The result exists contentedly in the post-SUN CAST landscape, with lots of melodic melancholy, funky bass riffs, 83 BPM drum grooves and slow-burn dynamism that lets you get comfortable for the ride.
The title track could be a sister recording for SUNDAY MEADOW BLUSH, as both recordings are whole-side-of-a-12" affairs, and both revisit the very "downtempo" Milieu sound of the earlier albums. "Housewares & Highlighters" picks the pace back up again with a breezy house feeling, slipping in hints of my influences from DJ Sprinkles, early Metamatics and Kerrier District, coalescing with some distinctly New Wave bass work and some acidic subtleties for added bounce. Closing the album's second side is "Terpentine Xylophone", the first piece I've recorded with the Yamaha TX81Z, which drapes a cloak of quiet contemplation over the last eight minutes, recalling music from prior recordings like IMPROVISATIONS FOR HYLIAN PIANO & WOODWINDS, ELIDE and some of the VIBRATELEPATHIC ANTIVIRAL BROADCASTS.
Altogether, BLURRY THURSDAY represents a "best foot forward" contribution from Milieu, with the optimism of a new year in mind, being the first recording of its kind to appear in 2021 so far. As you can plainly hear, Milieu is alive and well beneath all that Ohioan ice and snow, and as Spring and Summer approach, with their green revivals, you'll be hearing from him more and more.
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released February 5, 2021
W/P by Brian Grainger. Recorded at White Pillar, 2020-2021 using Korg Volca Beats/Bass/FM/Sample/Kick/Modular + KP-2, Boss DR-110, Radio Shack SSM-1750, Pioneer SR202W, Yamaha TX81Z, Arturia Keystep Pro, Peavey FX2 + DAW sprinklings. Mastered by The Analog Botanist. Photo, text and design by ABM&D. This is Milieu Music number MMD055.
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Tigress effortlessly gliding between the stoned, dusty grooves with that instantly identifiable "just behind the beat" bass line - one of my all time favourites amongst many from Brian's myriad milieu of mazey marvels. da5idh