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Arc

by Bloodmist

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    It's finally here: Bloodmist's (Toby Driver, Mario Diaz de Leon, and Jeremiah Cymerman) 2022 monolithic masterpiece, "Arc," on double vinyl for the first time! Contains an hour of music, original artwork and layout by Toby Driver, liner notes written by Ana Cristina Pérez Ochoa, and live band photos by Federico Escalante.

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    Limited edition digipak CD of Bloodmist's newest album "Arc," courtesy of 5049 Records. Includes extensive liner notes written by Ana Cristina Pérez Ochoa.

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    It's finally here: Bloodmist's (Toby Driver, Mario Diaz de Leon, and Jeremiah Cymerman) 2022 monolithic masterpiece, "Arc," on double vinyl for the first time! This super limited package contains an additional silkscreened 12"x12" insert of Ana Cristina Pérez Ochoa's liner notes printed in electric blue ink on navy cardstock.

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about

NYC-based electroacoustic improvisation trio Bloodmist presents Arc, their third full length album.

Since their inception in 2010, Jeremiah Cymerman (clarinet, electronics), Toby Driver (electric bass), and Mario Diaz de Leon (synth and drum machine) have been steadily forging their unique approach to free improvisation, drawing from the realms of dark ambient, noise, and metal to craft surreal explorations of otherworldly sound. As individual artists, Cymerman is widely known as an improviser, record producer, and experimental music evangelist through his 5049 Records Podcast. Driver is celebrated as a solo artist and as the longtime mastermind of the endlessly eclectic band Kayo Dot, while Diaz de Leon has been recognized for his work at the crossroads of modern classical music, electronic music, and metal.

With their 2020 sophomore album Phos, the group established their signature sound, a wildly evocative exchange between Cymerman’s elegiac clarinet melodies and colorful electronic processing, Driver’s invocations of the outer realms of distorted bass guitar, and the anchoring element of Diaz de Leon’s sparse and shifting drum machine and synth riffs. Building from this foundation, Arc was recorded in November of 2020 at the venerable Pioneer Works artist center in Brooklyn, with engineers Justin Frye and Federico Escalante. Over two evenings, the group set the cavernous acoustics of the 19th-century iron factory in motion, resulting in nearly 4 hours of recorded material. The four selections that encompass the album were then collaboratively curated, with final mixing handled by Marc Urselli at East Side Sound.

Drawing from the cinematic and expansive sound of the album, individual song titles on Arc are names of meteorite impacts, with the years of impact corresponding to key events in the band’s history, including their first meeting in 2007, their first show under the name Bloodmist in 2012, and the release of their second album in 2020. At just under an hour in length, Arc is pervaded by the primordial resounding of Diaz de Leon’s Moog-synthesized bass drum, tuned to a low B flat, which is transformed throughout in contrasting articulations and shapes. The absence and presence of the bass drum serves as point of gravity for a cosmos of densities and colors, encompassing melodic modal passages, sparse electroacoustic atmospheres, and feral hellscapes, all showcasing finely attuned sonic dialogues between three longtime collaborators.

credits

released June 3, 2022

Jeremiah Cymerman • clarinet and electronics
Mario Diaz de Leon • synthesizer and drum machine
Toby Driver • bass guitar

Liner notes (available in print only) by Ana Cristina Pérez Ochoa • band photos (print only) by Federico Escalante
cover photo by Toby Driver • layout by Mario Diaz de Leon

produced by BLOODMIST
recorded by Justin Frye and Federico Escalante at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, November 2020
mixed by Marc Urselli at Eastside Sound, NYC, July 2021 • mastered by James Plotkin

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