VALES (2015-2019)
A 1 hour performance for five musicians & video, website of songs & film, audio recording released on digital and cassette tape.
"…. not so much a familiar sound… but an original one that helps your memory stir and bring you back to the years before… Atmospheric structures like buildings encapsulating imagination from the past… Or distant singing of a familiar melody that you can’t put your finger on, but it’s the window of time that it brings you to that’s most important. Listen. Witness… " – Tiny Mix Tapes
Songs and films in memory of Dominic Ziegler (1988–2012)
Released as a cassette and digital recording by Shatter Your Leaves Records (2015) and Hope For The Tape Deck (2019 re-issue). An interactive website version was released by Shatter Your Leaves in 2015.
Premiered at New Amsterdam Records/Van Dyke Park, Brooklyn, NY, March 14, 2015. US performances 2015-2016. This project slowly transitioned into the GHOST band in 2017-2019.
Credits:
Concept and direction by Asa Horvitz.
Words and music by Asa Horvitz; except "Spell" written with Bryan West.
Film shot and edited by Jessica Sledge and Richard Hunter-Rivera.
Performed by Asa Horvitz, Eliza McKelway, Ben Seretan, Bryan West, and Trevor (April) Wilson, with JJ Beck and Sam Clement. Recorded by JJ Beck at Akin Studios, Hoosick Falls, NY. Additional recording at Crazy Cat House, Brooklyn, by Stu Watson. Mixed by Asa Horvitz and Neil Strauch. Additional footage by Asa Horvitz and John Warmerdam. Mastered by Roger Seibel at SAE, Phoenix, AZ. Cassette design by Alex Tatusian. Website design/developer: Joey Lappin. Sound recording produced by Asa Horvitz, JJ Beck, and Bryan West. Funded in part by a grant from Rudolf Steiner Social Finance.