Oaks, by Ethan Rose

Oaks

by Ethan Rose

supported by

	/

Limited Edition Compact Disc
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Comes in a lovely digipak designed by Dylan Mcconnell based on a painting by Boyd Richard.

Includes unlimited streaming of Oaks via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Sold Out

	1.	On Wheels Rotating 04:07
	2.	Rising Waters 04:13
	3.	Grand Marcher 04:31
	4.	The Floor Released 06:46
	5.	Fortunate 03:25
	6.	Scenes From When 04:25
	7.	Mighty Mighty 04:00
	8.	Bottom 06:24

about

Imagine, if you will, an old Wurlitzer Theater Organ that once accompanied silent films in Portland, before being moved to the Oaks Park Roller Rink, where it has been ever since. Imagine the artist, Ethan Rose from Portland, Oregon, helping out repairing that antique, before starting to explore its tones, textures, and colours from another era.

The result is "Oaks", Ethan's third full-length CD (after two titles for Locust Music: "Ceiling Songs" and "Spinning Pieces"). And once again, Ethan has succeeded in dragging a forgotten bit of our collective sonic past out of the shadows and reinterpreting it in a modern ambient electronica context. There is an elegant and crystalline quality to the eight pieces that make up this album. The music on "Oaks" evokes the meticulous sonic explorations of acousmatic composers like Francis Dhomont and Jonty Harrison, crossed with the dreamy and hazy soundworld of ambient experimentalists like Fennesz and Oren Ambarchi.

Ethan Rose's work reflects his interests in old technologies, new sounds, and the restless exploration of musical form. Over the past ten years he has released recordings, scored films, performed internationally, created sound installations, and worked with a variety of collaborators. His music is also featured in Gus Van Sant's latest film "Paranoid Park". His sound environments merge the old with the new. Past works have included experiments with music boxes, player pianos, and carillons.

"Oaks" is being co-released by Baskaru in Europe, Holocene in the US, and Headz in Japan.

credits

released January 27, 2009

license

about

Baskaru Clichy, France

Baskaru is a French record label dealing with experimental electronic music and sound art.

baskaru.com

contact / help

Contact Baskaru

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Oaks, you may also like:

Cataclysmic System Binding Loss
by Carbon In Prose

Shards of static & distortion crash against disarmingly beautiful piano & synth melodies on this riveting new record from Carbon and Prose. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 30, 2022
go to album
Home Recordings 2018 - 2021
by Yara Asmar

Lebanese multi-instrumentalist deconstructs classical tropes through an eccentric array of instruments, including disassembled toy pianos. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 22, 2022
go to album
Niebla
by Leena Lee & Vania Fortuna

Mexican composers Leena Lee and Vania Fortuna use sound as a tool to interrogate the mythologies of the emblematic quetzal bird. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 1, 2022
go to album
BFHC
by Lina Filipovich

From the always-great label Umor Rex comes the latest from Lina Filipovich: A ruthless deconstruction of classical pieces. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 25, 2022
go to album
Notes On Belonging (Reworked)
by Tiny Leaves

featured on Bandcamp Radio Mar 5, 2019
go to album
War Footing
by Andrea Mazzariello

Lush chamber pop constructed from swirling clouds of synths that surround deep, plaintive vocal melodies. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 17, 2022
go to album
Strata
by Andrea Belfi

Andrea Belfi’s latest is a powerhouse combination of body-slamming percussion and streaking, supernatural synths. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 1, 2019
go to album