TERESA WINTER, BIRTHMARK, GUEST, A.CHILDS – Teresa Winter, Birthmark, Guest, A.Childs – LP – Vinyl [JAN 16]

LP – Limited Standard Edition Black Vinyl. Only 150 copies in this pressing. Ambient/folk/dream pop collaboration from Teresa Winter, alongside Guest and A.Childs of Jabu and longstanding collaborator Birthmark.

Full of joy, they ran to meet him.
Then threw one of the shirts over each of them,
and when the shirts touched their bodies they were transformed into swans,
and flew away over the woods.

The record is comprised of a series of improvised recordings made over the course of an evening in Autumn 23, captured at the Jabu home studio, south Bristol while Teresa was staying in town for a show. Everything was recorded into the desk in a single take and left as it was, no editing or overdubs, instruments were swapped around and effects units left buzzing ground hum scattered over the floor.

Teresa and Guest (Jasmine of Jabu) provided the vocals, taking words from anything at hand – poetry books, an old copy of the Whole Earth Catalog – their voices winding together, echoing out each others melodies. This approach is mirrored by the instrumentals, anchored by something at times – a bassline, one of Birthmarks synth drones or a fizzing chord but always on the edge of collapsing in on itself or floating away. The tracks become more soporific as the record goes on (and as the night got later), ending on a refrain of say you think its true as the instrumental finally dissolves the pedals get dialled up to 11 and Birthmarks drones turn into distant lasers in a last swan song of feedback.

Recorded Sep 2023 in Bristol, BS3, by:

Teresa Winter (vocals, fx)
Guest (vocals, guitar, fx)
Birthmark (synth, fx)
A.Childs (samples, bass, guitar)

Tracklist:

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