Having recently returned with his surprise third studio album,
Love + Light,
Daniel Avery shares its accompanying visual album. Created by Australian designer
Greg Hodgson, who previously collaborated with Avery on visuals for
Song For Alpha B-sides & Remixes cut “Think About What You Love” along with PSSU – Avery’s project with Richard Fearless – the mesmerizing imagery was created using feedback loops. Watch
here.
"I've always found Daniel Avery's music to be explorative and adventurous,” Hodgson explains,
“You can tell he’s more interested in exploring unknown realms in real time with his sound than hunting for some sort of mathematical musical precision. I've embraced that way of thinking while producing this series of videos - I hunkered down in my darkened studio in Northern NSW with my chain of analogue video gear and old CRT monitors and approached the whole project in a live improvised way. Every track has begun with a feedback loop using my trusty old VHS Camera pointing at an old television screen from the '80s with the signal being sent in an infinite loop between camera and screen. Inserted into this loop is my chain of analogue video gear, each with its own character and ability to shape the signal that flows through it.”
Love + Light is out now on digital platforms via Mute/Phantasy in the United States and Canada and via Phantasy worldwide. Stream the album and pre-order limited edition vinyl and CD formats
here.
Upon release, Exclaim hailed the album as “some of [Avery’s] most beautiful work to date,” while NME called it "a heartfelt eulogy for the hedonism we’re missing this summer,” continuing, “this two-part record perfectly captures the euphoria of club culture.”
Love + Light arrived unexpectedly following Avery’s recent collaborations with Alessandro Cortini on the critically acclaimed
Illusion of Time LP and alongside Roman Flügel under the alias of Noun. Pitchfork described
Illusion of Time as
“expansive in scope, charmingly rough around the edges, and brimming with possibility...a beautiful record that takes wonder as its defining characteristic,” while Loud & Quiet hailed it as
“a record that suggests Godspeed You! Black Emperor in drone mode, reimagining Music For Airports as if the runways were covered in gravel and air traffic control was on strike.” Avery’s previous solo album
Song For Alpha was released in 2018 to similar acclaim.
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