Slow spark, soft spoke, by Benoît Pioulard

Slow spark, soft spoke

by Benoît Pioulard

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jr There's something special about the tone of this album. It seems to go on forever.

Olof There is such a gentle vibe to this whole album. Works both for background and active listening since the instrumentation is gorgeously layered. One of my all time favorite ambient albums. Favorite track: Athanasy, 1993.

Mark Tripney I bought this a few weeks ago, and I’ve listened to little else since. ‘Never, just as you wanted’ stops me dead in my tracks, but the whole record is superb. Favorite track: Never, just as you wanted.

クロッカス Mesmerizing, uplifting, dream-induction ambient. Favorite track: Never, just as you wanted.

~ DJ Megasoup (Selaroda) ~ Lush, organic ambient beauty... so pleasant!

ryan Within ten seconds of listening you should already know I've put this on and gone for a long slow tobacco stroll in the cold season. Favorite track: Compound, echo.

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1.	Compound, echo 05:50	buy track
2.	Never, just as you wanted 09:08	buy track
3.	With this, I disappear 04:49	buy track
4.	Athanasy, 1993 05:27	buy track
5.	Velha, nacre 06:43	buy track
6.	Slow spark, soft spoke 07:56	buy track

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Recorded at La Berceuse (Seattle, WA) in 2017 with guitar, bass, voice, bells, dulcimer, piano and magnetic tape; field recordings from Iceland, France and the United States

Mastered by Ian Hawgood
Polaroid SX70 photo by me, near the Duwamish River, July 2017
Released on limited cassette and LP by Dauw

Published by James and Margaret (ASCAP)

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released November 17, 2017

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Plectrums & pictures &c. since 1984.

Let gentleness prevail.

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