AmethYst
Audiovisual album of newly commissioned music for violin, voice, and electronics
Performed & recorded by Yaz Lancaster
This collection of collaborations presents meditation on time as a process to be beheld, whether the time be the early hours of the morning as a party wanes or the time before we can be together again. Begun in 2019 with Keaton Garrett’s “come as you are”, the full-length audiovisual album of commissions and collaborations unfolded. In addition to self-composed interludes, AmethYst features pieces by BAKUDI SCREAM, Amanda Berlind, Gramm Drennen, Keaton Garrett, Lancaster, Andrew Noseworthy, and Phonodelica, with a bonus track by Leilehua Lanzilotti. Each piece on the album – with the exception of the interludes – is accompanied by videos by Berlind, Tanea Hynes, Jasiel Lampkin, Lancaster, Dan Tapper, and Theo Woodward. The self-composed intro & interludes, “Y”, “X” and “XY” feature Connie Li, Dorothy Carlos, Seb Zel, and Meara O’Reilly, who contribute violin, electric cello, (beat) production, and voice respectively.
“Vital, individual music that takes risks and asks questions… rich, beguiling stuff [that] doesn’t fit neatly into any box or category.”
– Steve Smith (WNYC, Gothamist)
Reviews: Louder Than War, I CARE IF YOU LISTEN, Foxy Digitalis Daily, AnEarful, The Dark Flux, a closer listen
Interviews: Which Sinfonia
Playlists + Features: Bandcamp: New & Notable, Night After Night, cmntx: conjunctions
Credits:
Yaz Lancaster - Composer of “Y,” “X,” “wind_down_2,” and “XY” / violin, voice, [&/or] production on all / Design
Amanda Berlind - Composer of “Lavender Tooth” / Video for “Lavender Tooth”
Gramm Drennen - Composer of “of neither water nor land”
Phonodelica - Composer of “Monroe Park” / piano on “Monroe Park”
Keaton Garrett - Composer of “come as you are”
BAKUDI SCREAM - Composer of “GHOST IN THE MACHINE”
Andrew Noseworthy - Composer of “Round Trips” / Mixing & Mastering on all
Leilehua Lanzilotti - Composer of “ko’u inoa”
Dorothy Carlos - electric cello on “Y”
Connie Li - violin on “Y” / Liner notes
Seb Zel - production on “X”
Meara O’Reilly - voice on “XY”
Tanea Hynes - Video for “of neither water nor land”
Jasiel Lampkin - Video for “Monroe Park”
Theo Woodward - Video for “GHOST ON THE MACHINE”
Dan Tapper - Video for “Round Trips”
Nick Norton - Additional voice mix on “Monroe Park”
Jordyn Jackson - Album Artwork
people places records - April 7, 2023