Amulets
Drowse / AMULETS Limited Edition Cassette Tape
Drowse Side A
AMULETS Side B
Limited to 100 copies.
Design and Layout by Dustin Bowen
Mastered by Andrew Weathers
The two Portland experimental artists paired together on a split feels like a natural extension of a sonic space the two have been circling for years.
Most known for his experimentation in crafting lovingly warped tape loops and ambient guitar work that rings out with an emotional clarity even when it is processed beyond recognition, Randall Taylor brings some of his most abstract work to the table with a track like "ASTRAL" and hits squarely in the chest with the heartbreaking "DISMANTLED".
AMULETS is joined by drowse - Kyle Bates long running experimental project. drowse's songs are known for stitching together deconstructed ambient passages that glow with a pale gray light with heavy subject matter that delve into unflinching personal accounts of mental health and loss.
We are honored to bring these two artists together to share a split cassette together.
Amulets is the solo project of Portland-based audio + visual artist Randall Taylor. Amulets employs handmade cassette tape loops and live processed guitar loops to create live, lush soundscapes and immersive drones. Through the re-contextualization of cassettes, sampling, field recording, and looping, these long-form compositions blur the genres of ambient, drone, noise, and electronic music.
AMULETS is widely recognized for his experimentation in crafting lovingly warped tape loops and ambient guitar work that rings out with an emotional clarity even when it is processed beyond recognition.
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Taylor, whose lovely ambient guitar and tape-loop genius I’ve covered in the past, is up to the challenge of hanging with Bates on the atmospheric scale. He might not be as flashy, but Taylor makes up for it in pure, unadulterated emotional connection. His heavily treated guitar trickles, blooms, and expands, filling his side of the tape with an aural approximation of the night sky, full of awe and wonder at its size and infinitude. Amulets makes the kind of music you should listen to with your eyes closed, contemplating the wonders of life and the universe while also understanding your place in relation to it all.