Colin Andrew Sheffield // Images LP

This record was released in June 2023 by Colin Andrew Sheffield, president of the experimental label Elevator Bath in Texas, USA.

Contains 8 songs from decadent collage drones to ambient drones sampled from jazz records. Comes with DL code. 

"Colin Andrew Sheffield's Images are made up of heavily edited and processed jazz record samples. 8 electroacoustic mosaics ranging from lush ambient loops to cursed wails of raspy tones. , is composed in a variety of styles: Chopped drum solos appear and disappear with swirling piano fragments, saxophone and trumpet scraps crash and fall with ugly bass rumbles. The exploration of the length of these songs is detailed, atmospheric, and surprising: painstakingly composed over the course of a year, the piece is nuanced and idiosyncratic music, both as a composer and as a composer. It's the epitome of Sheffield's interests as a discerning listener.

As an experimental work, Images will be noted for its limited source material and methodology (Sheffield still primarily uses early sampling hardware).As a collection of music, Images is a mysterious yet intriguing collection, an approachable album of inexplicable moments and melancholic beauty.This work is the most complete work produced by a veteran sound artist to the fullest extent of his abilities.

Sheffield's audio collage work has consistently focused on the use of samples since the mid-'90s.It's deconstructed loops of hidden melodies and textures found in his collection of physical media.These sonic fragments are layered in harmony and in opposition to each other, creating the ethereal undercurrent inherent in his selections. As a researcher of ghost studies, Sheffield wrestles with the pristine remnants of the past for an impressionistic vision of the future. "

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Includes DL code. 12" black vinyl edition of 300.

Elevator Bath:

"Colin Andrew Sheffield's "Images" was entirely constructed from heavily edited and manipulated samples from jazz records. These eight electroacoustic mosaics range in style from lush ambient loops to jarring tones like the wails of the damned. fragments; saxophone and trumpet scraps clash or fall in time with disfigured bass rumblings, etcetera. These song-length explorations are detailed, atmospheric, and surprising. Meticulously composed over the span of a year, this is nuanced and singular music -- a true distillation of Sheffield's interests as both composer and obsessive listener.

As an experiment, “Images” is perhaps noteworthy for its constrained source material and methodology (Sheffield still primarily uses early sampling hardware). As a collection of music, “Images” is an appealing if mysterious assemblage: an approachable album with moments of inscrutability as well as melancholic beauty.

Since the mid-'90s, Colin Andrew Sheffield's audio collage work has consistently focused on the use of samples: deconstructed loops of hidden melodies and textures found in his collection of physical media. These snatches of sound are layered in harmony and/or at odds with one another, giving rise to the ethereal undercurrents inherent in his selections. As a student of hauntology, Sheffield wrestles with unspoiled detritus of the past in service of an impressionistic conception of the future."

Artist : Colin Andrew Sheffield

Label: Elevator Bath