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Nocturnal Woes

by Joseph Blane

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Released through Submaring Broadcasting Co. Limited edition cassette tapes available here...
submarinebroadcastingco.bandcamp.com/album/nocturnal-woes

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So this album is called 'Nocturnal Woes'. It's a mellower affair than my debut. It came about as a result of a bunch of improvised guitar doodles I recorded late at night. Having decided that I wanted to develop these guitar pieces into something bigger, I decided to reach out to a few musicians I know to see if they were willing to contribute/collaborate to the recordings, which they were.

Tom Bailey from the US added some bits of saxophone, trumpet, clarinet & flute. And Eddie Rorschach & Allison Coldrain from Venezuela added some fretless bass and electric piano.

When I received all their parts, I decided to take a minimalistic reductionist approach to arranging and mixing this album. The end result is a collection of fairly bare and minimalistic guitar improvisations, with other fleeting sounds and instruments continually drifting in and out of the mix.

- J.B

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released March 17, 2024

''...eerie & atmospheric wonky smooth jazz inflections but through a filter of gloomy introspection and miasmic brain fog'' - Submarine Broadcasting Co.

''Delicately and chaotically arranged instruments in a barren space. Music that invites interpretation with experimental, ambient, and minimalist qualities.'' - The Electroscape

''...raw, woozy, downbeat, psychedelic avant-jazz improvisations for late night reflection and lonely introspection. Dreamy colours, vague shapes and strange entities barely seen through a thick hazy spectral mist...'' - Fog Songs

''...a trek into the melancholy night, a place where companions are brief in their proximity, and the world loses its physicality. And we stumble out of its embrace, counting the hours until the moon resumes it evening salutation.'' - The Southern Sounding

''Intimate, introverted, ambient blues'' - a Jazz Noise

''...mellow, Jazz tinged delights with an experimental twist and an inventive centre...music for underground animations and early-morning broken hearts.'' - Terrascope

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This album was performed and recorded in Scotland, USA & Venezuela.

Mixed & Mastered by Joseph Blane.

Joseph Blane - electric guitar (Scotland)
Alison Coldrain - electric piano (Venezuela)
Eddie Rorschach - fretless bass (Venezuela)
Tom Bailey - saxophone, trumpet, clarinet, flute (USA)

Cover image ‘Cactus Man’, Charcoal on Paper 1881, Odilon Redon.

Layout & design by The Glove of Bones.

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Avant-garde musician & experimental improviser from Scotland.

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