The Green Kingdom - Prismatic

The Green Kingdom 'Prismatic'

Release date: 6 September 2010

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Boomkat should have it soon as well I would imagine...

We are delighted to announce details of our latest release, The Green Kingdom ‘Prismatic’. Mike Cottone (The Green Kingdom) utilises a similar musical palette as can be heard on last year’s acclaimed ‘Twig And Twine’ CD and once again 'Prismatic' is expertly mastered by Taylor Deupree (12k/Line).

On this outing Cottone ventures deeper into the landscape of The Green Kingdom with a collection of beautifully crafted, intricately detailed, organic/electronic instrumentals. Sitting comfortably amidst the field of electro-acoustic music production, what makes Cottone's work stand apart from his contemporaries is the warmth, emotion and true understanding of melody and harmony so evidently on display within these expansive arrangements. There is a real sense of space and depth to this collection which filters elements of dub, techno, folk and electronic experimentation through the prism of processed guitars, strings, bells and other sampled instruments.

Recalling Susumu Yokota, Shuttle 358, The Boats, Harold Budd and even vintage era The Durutti Column on the album’s cornerstone track, ‘Wetlands’. On tracks such as the sun-drenched ‘Radiance Reflected’ and ‘Bonfire (tec)’, alluring melodies are underpinned by subtle beat constructions. Whilst on ‘The Largest Creature That Has Ever Existed’, deep, subby drones plumb the depths as finespun rhythms and delicate melodies swell, rise and break the surface.

Equal parts brooding and beguiling, optimistic and uplifting, an album that is perfectly timed to welcome the lengthening shadows of early autumn while casting a wistful glance back at the last gasps of summer. These are adventures in modern composition that never lose sight of the importance of melody, harmony, structure and rhythm. Minimalism at its most expressive, lush and emotional.

A limited number of 'Prismatic' will be issued with an additional bonus CD of remixes from the likes of bvdub, The Boats, Part Timer, Insecto, H.A.M., Yuri Lugovskoy, Northerner, Fieldhead, The Declining Winter and Inch-time. These artists take the original compositions into some unexpected and exciting new musical territories.

i'm going to spend more time with this when i have it - sounds lovely

great news!

Thanks guys! Wait until you hear Brock bvdub's remix- so epic, almost 15 minutes!

sounds killer man!!

Just a bump to let yall know that Boomkat has it now. In the "recommended Releases" for this week:

http://boomkat.com/cds/334218-the-green-kingdom-prismatic-remixes

This latest edition from the Home Assembly camp is a double-disc affair, packaging the new album by The Green Kingdom (aka Michigan's Michael Cottone) with a bonus remix CD, featuring contributions from the likes of The Boats, The Declining Winter, Part-Timer, Northerner, Inch-Time and Bvdub. Mastered by Taylor Deupree, Prismatic invites plenty more comparisons with the 12k label's discerning microsound agenda, presenting whirled electroacoustics and quiet, melodious drones across forty-five wonderful minutes. It's easy to get bored of this sort of sound nowadays - the sheer volume of material like this coming our way at the moment is just staggering - but while it's playing, Prismatic feels like the only micro-ambient record you need ever hear. It's an unwaveringly lovely piece of work, produced to the highest standards, and it really doesn't matter that you've probably heard these sorts of crackly, tuneful laptop tones and processed bell chimes several times before, The Green Kingdom manages to make this stuff sound like fertile territory, at least for a little while. 'Claude's Ghost', 'Wetlands' and 'Bonfire [Tec]' are all especially good, each getting that all-important balance between harmony and texture just right. The hour-long, ten-track remix collection serves as a great bonus too, with particular highlights coming from the Burial-esque Northerner take on 'The Largest Creature That Has Ever Lived' and 'The Declining Winter's violin-laced take on 'Woven'.

truly beautiful my friend

  On 9/25/2010 at 3:59 PM, troon said:

truly beautiful my friend

Thanks Troon!

sounds nice - best of luck with this release!

Perhaps this is my ignorance, but is there a u.s. vendor that one can buy the download version from in $? Bob can do without the conversion rate colonoscopy....

  On 9/27/2010 at 7:24 PM, Bob Dobalina said:

sounds nice - best of luck with this release!

 

Perhaps this is my ignorance, but is there a u.s. vendor that one can buy the download version from in $? Bob can do without the conversion rate colonoscopy....

Thanks Bob, looks like eMusic has it (though you would to have an account with them I guess): http://www.emusic.com/album/The-Green-Kingdom-Prismatic-MP3-Download/12117803.html

No iTunes yet...