Label: LAAPS

LP版はクリアヴァイナル仕様。Benoit Pioulard名義で活動するブルックリンのシンガーソングライターThomas Meluch、Off The SkyことデンバーのJason Corder、共に長年フォーク及びアンビエント作品を作り続けて来た2者の2024年共作[Sunder]。テープに記録されたギター、声、フィールド録音、更には弦楽器、フルート、ベルが交互に現れては消えてゆく、全8つの章を通して紡がれる幽玄な音風景。時折垣間見える仄暗さが非常に良い。







---------------------------------
• 12’’ transparent vinyl
• Selective UV varnish
• Matt laminated outer sleeve on 300 gm paper
• Hand numbered / Limited edition to 300 copies
-------------------------------

"Sunder is the first full-length collaboration between Brooklyn-based Thomas Meluch (aka Benoît Pioulard) and Denver-based Jason Corder (aka offthesky). After years of independent work amid a like-minded community of ambient experimentalists, the two were brought together by the collaboration-centric Laaps label, for whom Corder has previously worked with Craig Tattersall (aka The Humble Bee).

Across Sunder's eight chapters, we hear careful constructions of tape-tinged guitar, voice, and field recordings, as well as strings, flute, bells and myriad other elements that arise and recede organically. Best experienced as a whole, the album's subtle flow is imbued with an arc that balances melancholy with windswept drift."