The Night the Stars Fell by Ian Wellman - ASH INTERNATIONAL [ASH150] FLAC download included with physical items

The Night the Stars Fell

Ian Wellman

A 11 track ambient album (49m 56s) — released February 2nd 2024 on ASH INTERNATIONAL

#electronic #ambient

Equipment used:

Hardware: Tascam 424 mkiii, Repurposed cassette tapes found off Craigslist, Presonus quantum, Apple laptop, Sound Devices MixPre 6II, Sound Devices 702T, Sennheiser 8040 in ORTF formation, Rycote wind protection, 5-pin XLR and 1/4th cables

Software: Ableton Live, Native Instruments Absynth, Izotope RX 9, Trash2, WebSDR

"The Night the Stars Fell" is a journey that begins in a fire-scarred forest. The trees croak as each new gust of wind passes. Along the way, the remnants of a discovered past emerge; the crashes and bangs of the decaying home and the chorus of a derailed railcar; shortwave radios blaring messages baked in static. Crickets sing their final songs as the world continues to boil. I look for signs of hope, only to find darkness.

The fourth album by Ian Wellman, and his Ash International debut, "The Night the Stars Fell" is built from field recordings from the forests and deserts of Southern California, shortwave radio static, and cassette tape loops layered in distortion. The eleven tracks across the album are carried by the physicality of wind which drives the fires that burned the forests where the sounds were recorded. "The Night the Stars Fell" explores a time of rebuilding, of searching for a new path.

Ian Wellman is a sound artist currently residing in Los Angeles, CA. His recordings have been published by Room40, Dragon's Eye Recordings, Luminous Drift, and Industrial Coast. Ian is an IATSE Y-1 journeyman, and a member of the LA-based sound collective VOLUME.

Radio Play in Los Angeles/net - Long Wave dublab

It's painful, poignant material that can't help but leave you with a lump in your throat. - Boomkat Boomkat

Interview - Brad Rose Foxy Digitalis

...an absorbing evocation of nature’s power. - Andrew Forell Dusted

This is a haunting record, chilling in its beauty and honest in its encounter with the aftermath of disaster. - Matthew Blackwell Bandcamp

Reviewed in March '24 edition - Abi Bliss The Wire

Radio play in Netherlands - Peter Concertzender

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