Imperial Valley, by Imperial Valley

Imperial Valley

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kickingmachine The perfect auditory accompaniment to the inspired photography of the great Dorothea Lange. Every sinew of this wonderful music is drenched in heat, dust, and unease. All three Imperial Valley albums (two on here, one on Folded Time) are essential listening, a haunted soliloquy for a darkened time. Favorite track: Cloud over Brawley, IV, 7:15pm, Jun 8, 1935.

ES I find myself returning to all these albums again and again, especially when I’m writing. The music has a power, I feel, which turns thoughts into images and those images into words. The introspection of my characters together with how I am able to paint and depict scenes owe a large debt to Other Forms of Consecrated Life. Thank you. Favorite track: Fields around Calipatria, IV, 9pm, Oct 8, 1934.

Emil Zapffe Haunting drone filled with exquisite textures. Highly recommended. Favorite track: Sand Hills outside Mesquite, heading south, 7am, Jan 21, 1934.

Joe Borreson Other Forms of Consecrated Life continue to excel in curating exquisitely rich, earth dragging and droning atmospheres full of texture and grit that are so unique. This one is no exception. I really wish OFoCL shared more info about their mysterious roster (and also put some of these on vinyl) but am happy to get to hear their releases in any form. Favorite track: After the tent revival, 5pm, Mar 7, 1937.

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	1.	Fields around Calipatria, IV, 9pm, Oct 8, 1934 03:02
	2.	After the tent revival, 5pm, Mar 7, 1937 06:53
	3.	Cloud over Brawley, IV, 7:15pm, Jun 8, 1935 03:30
	4.	Near migratory labor camp, Brawley, IV, 6am, Aug 14, 1939 05:26
	5.	Plains east of Holtville, IV, 8:30pm, Mar 8, 1937 06:36
	6.	Mine works, Obregon, IV, 11pm, Oct 12, 1939 04:20
	7.	Sand Hills outside Mesquite, heading south, 7am, Jan 21, 1934 09:34

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Imaginal field recordings of Depression-era Imperial Valley, CA, USA. Dust-bowl tonalities. Retrograde tape hiss. Projective ethnography. Auditory nitrates after the work of Dorothea Lange.

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Auditory excavations. Eremitic music. Pareidolia.

Somewhere in Pictland.

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