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Moon Phases

by Bare Bones

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1.
Phase I 05:16
2.
Phase II 02:30
3.
Phase III 02:06
4.
Phase IV 07:04
5.
Phase V 02:00
6.
Phase VI 01:54
7.
Phase VII 05:38
8.
Phase VIII 02:14
9.
Phase IX 03:56
As the cumulus gathered and the darkness fell, The gleam of your bare bones dimmed and shadowed You pulled your white teeth out one by one, and Beheld them skyward as totems to the night This offering was set upon a crown and bound beset, Exalted up high and rightly placed upon your pale head For you to rise gracefully above these dark days and shine, O' luminous ruler of all this brackish gloom

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'As the cumulus gathered and the darkness fell,
The gleam of your bare bones dimmed and shadowed

You pulled your white teeth out one by one,
and Beheld them skyward as totems to the night

This offering was set upon a crown and bound beset,
Exalted up high and rightly placed upon your pale head

For you to rise gracefully above these dark days and shine,
O' luminous ruler of all this brackish gloom'

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Moon Phases by Bare Bones is an album of nine vignettes. These correspond with the nine phases of the moon.

The duo has moved beyond the ritualistic drones of earlier work, creating nuanced, textured soundscapes. These twilight recordings are informed by improvisatory techniques, ethnographic field recordings, and the sonic spaces of Dub; a narcoleptic Ennio Morricone soundtrack.

The tracks inhabit a moonlit world, reminiscent of the hazy pacing of Peter Fonda’s film ‘The Hired Hand’ or the fragmentary/searching writing of Fernando Pessoa’s ‘The Book of Disquiet’. Bare and layered, simple and nuanced, Moon Phases has a somnambulistic grace all its own.

Also available as a hand printed/numbered edition of 99. Recycled Card wallet with cd, plus insert.

‘An atmosphere that seems to suggest some kind of unknowable mystery.’ Stephen Prince, A Year in the Country

‘Experimental and immersive ... full of the elemental, and full of body, shape and texture.’ Richard Hollingum, FolkRadio

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released October 2, 2017

Bare Bones:
Moon Phases I - IX

Jason Steel: voice, (prepared) guitar, (bowed) banjo, violin, (bowed) bass, zither, thumb piano, melodica, bontempi organ, op1, percussion.

Dom Cooper: voice, percussion, field recordings, (pitched) canteen, (processed) cymbal, op1, iVCS3, Animoog, chord organ, shared system modular synth.

With Kyle Lonsdale: incantation on Phase IX

Written, played, recorded and produced by J.Steel & D.Cooper. Recorded at home and on location (London, Whittlesey) between Dec 16 2016 and Aug 6 2017. Mastered to tape using a JVCKD-A2. Recorded during the phases of the moon. Completed on a full moon.

Thanks to our friends and the RM family.

Artwork by Dom Cooper.

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'As the cumulus gathered and the darkness fell,
The gleam of your bare bones dimmed and shadowed'

Bare Bones are Dom Cooper and Jason Steel.

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