add to cart
add to wantlist
email a friend
 
PRICE:
$28.00
IN STOCK
01. John Davis - Verichrome
02. John Davis - Cluster Tone
03. John Davis - Travertine
04. John Davis - Landlines
05. John Davis - Ovum
06. John Davis - Bellatrix
07. John Davis - Operation Dismay
08. John Davis - Oreana
ARTIST
TITLE
Landlines
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
SOD 137LP SOD 137LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
10/4/2024

John Davis is a sound artist and filmmaker based in the Bay Area. Active since the mid-aughts, he has published recordings on labels such as Root Strata and Digitalis, as well as on his own Bimodal Press imprint. Landlines sees a return to the SOD catalog for Davis, following a full-length release in 2013, and may be seen as somewhat of a spiritual successor to that album. In all of Davis' work, there is a specific pastoral sensibility that feels firmly rooted in the forests and coasts of Northern California, moving with the delicate and erratic cadence of dust motes rendered visible in bright sunlight. Opening track "Verichrome" articulates the soundscape wonderfully, stitching together Music Mouse-esque formant synthesis and meditative vocal sampling with an exquisite minimalist suite for prepared piano. Of these recordings, Davis himself writes, "In a general sense the conceit here is nostalgia, a desire to reflect on the importance of connection -- to ourselves and to the world around us. The title is, of course, a euphemism for the telephone, but I am also considering landscape, horizons, and infrastructure, as well as the invisible lines that connect us, the threads that bind us, and the communities that form us."