BIRDS OF PREY
Camille Altay, Grant Aaron, Eric Holmes and Clay Wilson
If emptiness is heaviness is Godliness, Birds of Prey's third full-length LP is an immaculate conception from on high. The record luxuriates in the spaces between. What's left out says as much as what made it in. Deep, droning, and dub wise, “Vanishing Point” cascades in elegance. Its reference points call towards the sample manipulation of American tape music and the downward gaze of amniotic British bass music. It charts its own path nonetheless, building its own space for drifting off to.
Unlike many peers operating in similar realms, Birds of Prey are a proper band, a foursome: Grant Aaron, Clay Wilson, Eric Holmes, and Camille Altay. Each are artists in their own right with a distinct practice. In Birds of Prey, their collaborations in studio take on a greater shape, whittled and edited into cosmic formlessness.
Although borne of improvisation, you may never know that in the listening. "Vanishing Point" is a tight, coherent work, the sound of a cadre of talented musicians locked in flow. Rippling tones become glacial melodies. Cavernous drums emerge barely from the ether. Rhythms interlock, interpolate. Patterns repeat and dissolve whence they came. There is untold potency in simplicity, and Birds of Prey make it known.
Unlike many peers operating in similar realms, Birds of Prey are a proper band, a foursome: Grant Aaron, Clay Wilson, Eric Holmes, and Camille Altay. Each are artists in their own right with a distinct practice. In Birds of Prey, their collaborations in studio take on a greater shape, whittled and edited into cosmic formlessness.
Although borne of improvisation, you may never know that in the listening. "Vanishing Point" is a tight, coherent work, the sound of a cadre of talented musicians locked in flow. Rippling tones become glacial melodies. Cavernous drums emerge barely from the ether. Rhythms interlock, interpolate. Patterns repeat and dissolve whence they came. There is untold potency in simplicity, and Birds of Prey make it known.
released June 14, 2019
All songs written and produced by Birds of Prey
Grant Aaron, Eric Holmes, Clay Wilson, Camille Altay
Mixed by Oliver Chapoy at Ohm Sweet Ohm, NY
Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studios, NY
Photography by Candace Price
Design by Gabriel Benzur
Words by Chris Zaldua
Worldwide Distribution: wordandsound → what people play
© Mysteries of the Deep
MOTDLP004, 2019
mysteriesofthedeep.net
All songs written and produced by Birds of Prey
Grant Aaron, Eric Holmes, Clay Wilson, Camille Altay
Mixed by Oliver Chapoy at Ohm Sweet Ohm, NY
Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studios, NY
Photography by Candace Price
Design by Gabriel Benzur
Words by Chris Zaldua
Worldwide Distribution: wordandsound → what people play
© Mysteries of the Deep
MOTDLP004, 2019
mysteriesofthedeep.net
