On "Caravan To the Stars", Dark Matter Halo (a.k.a. Monte Cimino) teams up with legendary bassist/producer Bill Laswell to create a landscape of warm low-end dub and dark ethereal textures that float towards the heavens. Laswell's signature bass sound is organically interwoven with Cimino and Sneeringer's analog and digital textures, ominous droning violins conjured up by Whitley and pulsating beats created by Laswell and Cimino; resulting in the sparce, yet dynamic interplay of acoustic and digital synthesis that ebbs and flows between tension, release and the unknown. Meticulously crafted from infinite possibilities of sound and feeling. Improvised texture music. Disintegration. Deconstruction. Nods to the past. Primordial memory. Focused energy towards the future. Clairvoyance. Time is that which ends.
credits
released November 6, 2020
Monte Cimino: arrangements (tracks #1, #3), sound effects
Bill Laswell: bass, electronics, reconstruction & mix translation (#2)
Chris Sneeringer: analog synthesizer
Chris Whitley: violin
#2 recorded and mixed at Orange Music, West Orange, NJ
#1, #3 created in San Francisco and Rohnert Park, CA
Bass & electronics recorded at Orange Music, West Orange, NJ
Engineering and programming by James Dellatacoma
Mixed by Bill Laswell
Mixed & Mastered at Orange Music, West Orange, NJ
Artwork by Yoko Yamabe @ Randesign
M.O.D. Reloaded: Dave Brunelle, Yoko Yamabe
supported by 13 fans who also own “Caravan To The Stars”
Outstanding M.O.D. release. Laswell’s “collision music” genius on full display: Space Jazz/Reggae/Experimental Rock/Hip Hop. Kaiser’s guitar work is otherworldly. Steve Hymer