BALAM ACAB ANNOUNCES FIRST LIVE DATES
WANDER / WONDER OUT NOW ON TRI ANGLE RECORDS
"OH, WHY" SINGLE AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD HERE
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year, Tri Angle introduced the world to BALAM ACAB (aka Alec Koone),
and his otherworldly, secretive sound of submerged bass and phantom
vocal harmonies, with the release of his universally acclaimed debut EP See Birds. This fall, Tri Angle presented BALAM ACAB's debut album WANDER / WONDER,
which was released worldwide on September 6th, 2011 on CD, LP, and
Digitally. It was written and produced by Alec Koone and mixed by Alec
Koone and Sam Haar (member of Blondes). WANDER / WONDER is a mysterious and genuinely haunting record that seems to exist in a world all of it's own making, balanced between the ecstatic 'wonder' referenced in the title and something altogether more indefinable and uncertain of itself, like shards of light flickering through a blanket of fog, and even though WANDER / WONDER is undeniably an electronic album, it feels strangely organic, rooted in nature, synthetic textures and distorted voices harmonizing with an ever present oceanic shimmer. Balam takes experimentation to a new level on this release an opens up his creative process even further with this album offering his insight and recording process to the public. For Alec Koone, the 20 year old Pennsylvania resident, who was 19 and based in New York at the time of his first release, WANDER / WONDER is a coming of age album that see's him expand upon the unique sound that attracted him so much attention to begin with.
Now, Alec has prepared a live Balam Acab set, complete with vocalist, to bring the magic of WANDER / WONDER to cities across the US. This fall's tour marks the first ever Balam Acab live shows, an occasion that is not to be missed.
Koone spoke a bit about the significance of bringing Balam Acab to a live setting:
"I
think of the live set as "Balam Acab in real life". Everything is more
tangible and human. Instead of the vocals being buried in the mix and
drenched in reverb and effects, they take on a more central role. Also,
since they're being sung by a human being, the quality of the vocals are
obviously more human because there isn't that peculiar chipmunk effect
that goes along with shifting sampled vocals up in pitch. The music is
more focused on producing around the centralized vocals. Instead of all
sound elements going on at once, details are highlighted more clearly
and individually. Almost all of the songs have been re-vamped at least
slightly (some not so slightly at all) in order to keep things fresh and
interesting for the listeners and for myself personally."
BALAM ACAB TOUR DATES
11/4 Harrisburg, PA - Salem Church
11/5 Middletown, CT - Wesleyan University
12/10 Miami, FL - Bardot
12/15 Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom 12/16 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex 12/17 San Francisco, CA - Public Works |
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