A Walk in the Woods
2021 · LP
Interactive Ambient
Nous Alpha's second album. A beautifully crafted ambient opus recorded at OSC's Apollo 37 barn studio in the Catskill mountains, Fall 2019.
'A Walk In The Woods' is the second album by Nous Alpha, a collaboration between OSC founder Christopher Bono (Ghost Against Ghost, Bardo, Nous) and noisemaker Gareth Jones (Spiritual Friendship, Grizzly Bear, Depeche Mode). Like the immersive 'Without Falsehood' — their debut album — 'A Walk In The Woods' was created at Our Silent Canvas' converted barn studio in the Catskill mountains during Fall 2019. The album moves on a tempo-grid foundation (a departure from Without Falsehood's freeform structure), using field recordings from the Catskill woods — stones, rocks, pond, bicycle sounds — as rhythmic bases. Tracks include Fox Hollow, Golden Lemon, Virtues, Fibonacci Failure, Blackwater, Bike Wheels, and Forest Jam. Cover illustration by Daria Hlazatova (Ukraine). Photography by Sergi Turgas.
Credits
Christopher Bono — Composer, Producer
Gareth Jones — Composer, Producer
Daria Hlazatova — Cover Illustration
Sergi Turgas — Photography
Recorded at OSC Apollo 37 barn studio, Catskill mountains, NY
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Press
“a beautifully crafted ambient opus, inspired by transcendent experiences of nature and submerging listeners in this fantastical dreamscape through organic field recordings and avant-garde sound design”
MixMag
“The best tracks allow themselves a bit more looseness and unnatural density, as on close 'Forest Jam' where loops of tuned percussion, acute synth riffs and ripples of Durutti Column guitar battle without hate.”
The Wire
“sparks of ingenuity and emotive transcendence, this continued collaboration sets an otherworldly, spiritual scene; a funnelled journey into the cerebral and back out into the expanse that offers sonic awakenings and meditative revelations aplenty.”
Monolith Cocktail · 2021-04-27
“'Fox Hollow' is an incredible piece of experimental, new age-bent ambiance”
Destroy Exist
“an immersive fusion of organic beats and electronic soundscapes”
DJ Mag
“An ambient tone is often present, but the musical forest seems always in bloom”
A Closer Listen · 2021-03-16