Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - "Existence In The Unfurling" by Western Vinyl published on 2016-02-19T13:00:50Z From the album EARS released April 1st 2016 on Western Vinyl iTunes: http://hyperurl.co/gz5pqt Bandcamp: http://hyperurl.co/vo3n6n Amazon: http://hyperurl.co/qypau1 WV: http://westernvinyl.com/shop/wv145 Artist Page http://westernvinyl.com/artists/kaitlyn-aurelia-smith Website http://kaitlynaureliasmith.com/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kaitlynaurelia/ Twitter https://twitter.com/kaitlynaurelia Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kaitlynaurelia/ TOUR DATES April 28 - Fayetteville, AR - George’s Majestic Lounge w/ Animal Collective April 29 - Austin, TX - Levitation May 01 - Tulsa, OK - Cains Ballroom w/ Animal Collective May 03 - St. Louis, MO - Pageant - St Louis, MO w/ Animal Collective May 04 - Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre w/ Animal Collective May 06 - Nashville, TN - Marathon Music Works w/ Animal Collective May 07 - Atlanta, GA - Buckhead Theatre w/ Animal Collective May 08 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel w/ Animal Collective May 10 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club w/ Animal Collective May 13 - Wilmington, DE - World Café Live at The Queen w/ Animal Collective May 14 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom - w/ Animal Collective Listeners familiar with Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith's previous album Euclid (an album that prompted Dazed to call her "…one of the most pioneering musicians in the world.") will no doubt notice her heavier use of vocals on her new album EARS. On all but one song, her gently ecstatic swells of vocals emerge to soar over a dense jungle of synths and woodwinds. After initially composing on a Buchla analog synth, she wrote arrangements for a woodwind quintet, added vocals, and further refined the pieces with granular synthesis techniques she developed in her sound design work (she contributed sound design to Panda Bear's "Boys Latin" video, and handled sound design and original compositions for Brasilia co-written by and starring Reggie Watts). Kinetic arpeggios of synths pulse, often buoying her graceful vocal mantras, while woodwinds breathe and flutter, emulating the wildlife Smith observed while growing up on the West Coast (she even studied recordings of slowed down bird calls prior to composing these pieces). Though some of her gestures echo the musical tropes used by early minimalist composers, the world she creates on EARS is uniquely hypnotic and full of life, not unlike Miyzaki's film Nausicaä, which she cites as an inspiration. Genre Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Comment by ankwoo АХУЕТЬ РАЙ СУЩЕСТВУЕТ 2023-05-14T14:55:13Z Comment by Alex Choyce ADVENTURE IS OUT THERE!!!! 2022-06-04T01:56:46Z Comment by Alex Choyce SWEEEEET 2022-06-04T01:55:34Z Comment by Alex Choyce Woot! 2022-06-04T01:51:17Z Comment by vlitku Mindblowing 2022-01-24T20:53:39Z Comment by Stefano Leone strong Knife vibes 2021-07-30T15:42:35Z Comment by OTHERKIN 🌌🌌 2021-05-29T08:12:15Z Comment by bluegill i need tuna 2021-02-20T02:50:37Z Comment by Spunk Mountain Wow!!!!! What the fuck is this?!?!?? 2020-06-20T15:58:46Z Comment by Stanisma My goddd 2019-09-18T17:50:28Z Comment by deform kaitlyn has a radiant soul 2019-06-25T02:46:26Z Comment by soupsounds F**king Amazing 2019-01-18T11:23:20Z Comment by Lars Juhl Come on - this is amazing! 2018-03-07T20:03:25Z Comment by Dani venganza <3 <3 2017-11-13T23:54:58Z Comment by 7umaca simply album of the decade, thanks Aurelia and Buchla :) 2017-10-26T09:31:29Z Comment by NotJustMyStuffAtAll ditto 2017-10-22T08:39:01Z Comment by Tasosbeats at times like this I appreciate my speakers 2017-05-13T20:39:53Z Comment by margaretkelly new fave 2017-01-26T00:05:37Z Comment by margaretkelly wow <3 2017-01-26T00:04:58Z Comment by Powafi this is genius 2017-01-12T10:34:00Z Comment by Powafi that's beautiful! on another level 2017-01-12T10:30:22Z Comment by ChrisTaconic Album of the year for me. Just perfect start to finish. 2016-12-21T07:54:33Z Comment by Oorlab a masterpiece, imho. I read about the artist in the magazine "Crack" that also had an interview with Nicolas Jaar. http://crackmagazine.net/ 2016-10-22T08:45:40Z Comment by __Maja__Ulva Gorgeous track from Kaitlyn! 2016-07-29T17:41:50Z Comment by Floating World THIS IS ABSURD amazing track. 2016-05-04T16:20:55Z Comment by The Frequency Project so many wondreful things! 2016-04-30T03:39:45Z Comment by Fox Scarlett right here 2016-04-28T06:02:18Z Comment by Adz Bacon chipolata sunrise! 2016-04-21T20:54:16Z Comment by ΑRGÁVATHIÁ wonderful 2016-04-14T22:45:22Z Comment by Stig Utter bliss. 2016-04-10T17:20:13Z