VEDER - Evergreen LP indie

VEDER - Evergreen LP indieBelgian euphonium player Niels Van Heertum leads the acoustic quartet Veder. After the minimalism of his solo album JK's Kamer +50. 92509 +03. 84800 (on Smeraldina Rima)on which he also played tuba, trumpet & electronicsVan Heertum turns to the sort of chamber jazz played on his previous collaborations with guitarist Ruben Machtelinckx. Felt like old folk (Smeraldina Rima, 2015) and especially mono no aware (Aspen Edities, 2017) presented him as part

All tracks were recorded in a single day in a dark and humid basement using a beaten-up TEAC 4-track tape cassette recorder borrowed from a friend

This pressing is on CRYSTAL VELLUM colored vinyl

After years of touring both basements and concert halls

at others humorous and at others critical but always deeply engrossing

Half a Dove in Buenos Aires' is the recorded debut of a NetCast improv between deep listening pioneer Pauline Oliveros and Argentinian free music trio Reynols >> a fascinating early example of the internet’s capacity to foster remote creativity in-the-moment that deploys the slowest electronics

While that Test(e) tape wasn’t technically a Suction Records release

Everyone wants to lose themselves in something bigger than they are

Trying new paths comes to a head in V O I D

whether small or long

At the core of Tuhka’s sound is an affinity for the atmospheric and obscure

abstract pop that’s webbed between rickety electronics

it's a bewitching spell