Jeremy Bible & Jason Henry - Vryashn

Hello friends,

Wanted to share the news of a new album by myself and friend Jason that we are very excited about and think many of you would enjoy.

Our new album 'Vryashn' is out now and available from the fantastic record label Gears of Sand. Alternatively you can get details/samples from cdbaby.

"This two track opus is a truly epic immersion into the vast imaginations of Bible and Henry. The confident, effortless development of broken piano treatment at Vryashn's epicenter bring to mind the sublime energy of Harold Budd and Brian Eno. The unique talents of the constantly evolving Bible and Henry are on full display with Vryashn. For one, the well honed laptopist duo turn here to piano as their main medium.

While the warmth, spacious piano movements of ambient pioneers Harold Budd and Brian Eno is often drawn upon for inspiration by other artists, few are able to use the instrument in ways heard on Vryashn.

Rather than sparse notes played between silences, Bible and Henry use the piano as a launching pad into a sprawling world of minimal piano motifs that build tension and release given a depth through subtle laptop treatments.

Vryashn is arguably a definitive statement of Bible and Henry's talents as composers on the cutting edge of an overflowing and arguably oversampled electronic scene.

Beyond synthetic 'soundscapes' or 'interesting textures' Vryashn coalesces into an extraordinarily epic journey.

Unfolding over two movements clocking in at just over 50 minutes, the work's addictive minimalist motifs pull the listener in only to be washed over--often unexpectedly--by subtle sonorities of breathy fibrillations, pulsing machinery, and radiant drones that intrigue but never serve to take Vryashn off its massive, radiant course. In a word, breathtaking."

sounds very good. not sure i've heard your music before but i imagine this is different for you, aren't you a bit more techno usually?

samples are a bit short. i'd be interested to hear a longer sample.

Um sort of....I did do some electro and rhyhtmic electronica albums in the past...but for the past two years I've been working more on the ambient/soundart/microsound/experimental/avant-garde/electro-acoustic side of things.

Yeah I agree the samples are somewhat short...especially since these are long movements that build. I think cd baby just takes the first minute or so.

I am currently uploading the files to last.fm which and will allow a full length stream of one of the two movements. Will update with links when its ready on last.fm.

  awkward said:

samples are a bit short. i'd be interested to hear a longer sample.

Here is the album on last.fm.

http://www.last.fm/music/jeremy%2Bbible%2B...2Bhenry/vryashn

You can listen to the first movement in its entirety. The second movement has more concrete elements mixed with the piano. Hope this helps.

We have a freebie album available here as well if your interested.

http://www.restingbell.net/releases/rb032-glare

It is darker and more on the abstract/atonal side.

Several other CDs coming out this year across the board.

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the title makes me think of vashti bunyan

those cds are cool... i downloaded glare too! an awesome collection so far... looks like this is next!

Thanks William. Glad you received them ok.

Your CD release will be out by the end of this week on Experimedia!!

i still havent got this but i go to bed with that rb032 ep quite a lot

Thanks LUDD. Glad your enjoying Glare. I would say this album is even more 'sleep friendly'.

We have another CD... Vector...that has a somewhat similar feel to Glare (rb032) this week.

Thanks again.

Jeremy

damn last.fm gives errors

They seem to still be working out the bugs on the new site. They probably should have kept it in beta a while longer.