The new Marc Barreca album ––
shaped by the Northwest
 

MIDHEAVEN

Moving in the directions that originated with the Environments recordings and evolved to become extended pieces like Klaus Schulze’s Gewitter, Robert Henke’s Studies for Thunder, Brian Eno’s On Land and Steve Peter’s Here-ings,  the  music of From the Gray and the Green finds its origins in landscapes. This time, landscapes that Marc Barreca knows as his home—the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. These 11 pieces and 3 digital-only bonus tracks are sculpted from layers of synthesized and sampled instruments, field recordings and processed vinyl. Barreca tells us that “My goal was to create immersive, evolving landscapes shaped by a dynamic past and viewed as if through the translucence of passing clouds.” From the Gray and the Green offers a music of contrasts and change, departing from traditional ideas of Ambient to arrive in shifting landscapes of the strange and the beautiful. Includes an 8-page booklet and download card for the complete album and 3 bonus tracks. Mastered by James Savage.   

TRACKS
Voorish Dome
A Mist of Forgetfulness
The Point of Arches
Summerland
The Gray Mounds
Bellows
Across the Dalles
Bone Lake
Gobbler’s Knob
The Demise of Big Tree
Skookum Falls

Bonus Digital Tracks: 
Nancy’s Morning Scone
Suntop
Olive on the Fence

Also by Marc Barreca

Shadow Aesthetics

MIDHEAVEN | JUNO

 

Aberrant Lens

MIDHEAVEN | BOOMKAT

 

Marc Barreca
Marc Barreca has been creating and performing electronic music since the mid-1970s. His 1980 album, Twilight, reissued on vinyl last year, was one of the earliest releases on PoL. From the Gray and the Green is his ninth solo album for the label. Recent releases include Shadow Aesthetics (2018) and three collaborations with K. Leimer. Reissues include work on the acclaimed VOD box set American Cassette Culture, the Cherry Red compilation of seminal U.S. electronic music and the 1983 cassette, Music Works for Industry, now on vinyl. His work is also included in the collection of  The British Library.