Grave News For You.

21 Feb 2011 — Henning Lahmann

Based out of Oakland, California, Galena is the recording project of visual artist/musician Billy Sprague. After a very warm reception among critics and listeners alike, his latest album Grave News For You - originally released only as a limited cassette on Sanity Muffin, the label Billy co-runs with his brother, has now been re-issued on vinyl and compact disc. Using a setup of analog synths, a baritone guitar, the DRM-16 Electro Harmonix Drum Machine, a Roland Space Echo, and a toy microphone, Grave News For You is a breathtaking exploration into harsh white noise and deepest drone soundscapes, finest analog synth ambient music that is a contemplating yet demanding listen, gently changing its tone from track to track, without ever loosing its overall conceptuality - a dark, minimal work of pure abstraction that still manages to sound warm and organic all along. You can order the LP or CD via Darla now. Before, take a listen to three cuts from the piece below. Moreover, there's already a fresh Galena release ready, a split LP together with Toronto/Berlin experimental ambient duo Nadja, put out soon by Berlin's Adagio380. Starting in early April, Galena will be on a Central European tour with Nadja to promote their split release. Some of the dates are listed below, for the whole list please visit the tour page on Facebook: 04-07 Berlin - Schokoladen 04-12 Toulouse - Mix'art Myrys 04-14 Pisa - Caracol Club 04-16 Maribor - Pekarna 04-17 Zagreb - tba 04-18 Budapest - Durer-kert 04-19 Prague - Chapeau Rouge 04-20 Dresden - AZ Conni 04-21 Frankfurt - Studio Konsti

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