Rural Tapes has now released a live performance video for “Reddal”, the opener of the debut album on Smuggler Music. See the video, below…
The video captures the Norwegian producer’s skills in manipulating a variety of analogue synth’s to bring to life this trippy expedition into the prog-jazz abyss.
Arne Kjelsrud Mathisen says, “I’ve never been a big fan of using pre-recorded tracks live to create a rich sound. I want to keep it as real as possible, and I want the opportunity to make mistakes to be there. This is how I stay focused. Anyway, mistakes are a good thing and show the human side in a performance.
“On this version of ‘Reddal’, I set up as many instruments and units in my studio as I could manage to manoeuvre, without getting lost in them. I enjoy working with monotonous and drone music, it creates a lot of space for melodies and musical inventions.”
Rural Tapes is a largely instrumental project drawing inspiration from 70’s ‘Krautrock’, film music, classical composers, and instrumental bands like Tortoise.
The album features the previously released singles including “Lost In Sound”, featuring Scott McCaughey of R.E.M on vocals, Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor on Fender Rhodes keyboards and Terry Edwards (PJ Harvey, Tom Waits) playing flute. It also features the lead single “Pardon My French”, which alsoo featured Alexis and Terry.
“Rural Tapes” is a largely instrumental project drawing inspiration from 70’s ‘Krautrock’, film music, classical composers, and instrumental bands like Tortoise.
The album features the previously released singles including “Lost In Sound”, featuring Scott McCaughey of R.E.M on vocals, Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor on Fender Rhodes keyboards and Terry Edwards (PJ Harvey, Tom Waits) playing flute. It also features the lead single “Pardon My French”, which alsoo featured Alexis and Terry.
