Published
Wed, Jun 26, 2019, 19:55
- The Chicago artist combines a wide array of influences, including vaporwave, ambient, prog and metal.
Chicago experimental artist Fire-Toolz will release her new album, Field Whispers (Into The Crystal Palace), on Orange Milk Records in August.
Fire-Toolz is the primary musical project from Angel Marcloid, who has released a prolific stream of vaporwave-adjacent music under various aliases like Nonlocal Forecast and on her two labels, Swamp Circle and Rainbow Bridge. Field Whispers (Into The Crystal Palace) "represents a near-complete break with vaporwave by way of the project's focus on completely original productions, harmonic progressions and live instrumental input," according to the press release.
Fire-Toolz, now on its eight album in four years, "compresses tropes and ideas from virtually every style of music in [Marcloid's] vast toolbox," including jazz fusion, sample collage, prog, metal and experimental sound design. Inspired by her study of quantum physics, nondual spirituality and philosophy, Field Whispers (Into The Crystal Palace) "also channels pure emotion from the mundanities of her daily life: her memories of suburban life growing up, the pure beauty of the natural world around her and the joy derived from her relationships with her loved ones and cherished pets."
Listen to "? BEiNG."
Tracklist
01. mailto:[email protected]_subject=Mind-Body Parallels
02. Clear Light
03. She Was Me, My Name Was Surrounded
04. The Warm-Body (A Blessing & Removal)
05. April Snowstorm (Idyllic Mnemonic)
06. Hologram Of A Composite (World Of Objects)
07. ? BEiNG
08. Fluids Come Together & The 'I Am' Appears
09. The Pain-Body (Wild Energy Spheres)
10. Eyewitness Meadow Flyover
11. Smiling At Sunbears Grooming In Sunbeams
Orange Milk Records will release Field Whispers (Into The Crystal Palace) on August 30th, 2019.
Photo credit: Lyndon French
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