Alex Smalley — Moments at the Re-engage
CASSETTE + DIGITAL
CATALOG UR144 — RELEASED JUNE 2023
Produced and mixed by
Alex Smalley.
Maria Smalley: Voice.
Jane Wild: Violin.
Mastered by Porya Hatami. Artwork by
Daniel Castrejón.
TRACKLIST (40:38)
01 Hypnotic Space/Air Stream/Fire Circles (20:43)
02 Water Body/Ground Flow (19:55)
︎ CASSETTE ︎︎︎ ANOST ︎︎ CASSETTE & DIGITAL ︎︎︎ BANDCAMP ︎ APPLE MUSIC / SPOTIFY
The British producer Alex Smalley has been active for more than a decade building his signature through nature as the central theme across emotional journeys through beautiful ambient melodies. Moments at the Re-engage —his first publication in Umor Rex— was created for a performance in Thuringen, Germany. On the night, while the audience was floating in mineralized neon water, the sound was being diffused across submerged speakers. Multiple synthesizer layers were mixed with processed guitar. Later, additional acoustic sounds, field recordings, voice, and violin were added and processed.
The British producer Alex Smalley has been active for more than a decade building his signature through nature as the central theme across emotional journeys through beautiful ambient melodies. Moments at the Re-engage —his first publication in Umor Rex— was created for a performance in Thuringen, Germany. On the night, while the audience was floating in mineralized neon water, the sound was being diffused across submerged speakers. Multiple synthesizer layers were mixed with processed guitar. Later, additional acoustic sounds, field recordings, voice, and violin were added and processed.
While the recordings were made in the German winter, the mixing took place on the Island of Koh Phangan in Thailand. Nature, plant medicine ceremonies, meditation, and jungle hikes somehow guided the sound-arranging process. Moments at the Re-engage reach an experience when time and reality dissolve into a single point of complete sedation.
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