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Eventide Passage

by Off Land

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Slow 03:20 video
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Intersection 06:48
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Hidden Drive 07:37
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Detour 02:44
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Fog Area 06:52
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Speed Limit 04:33
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Turns 07:52
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Exit 08:28

about

I took a wrong turn one night on our way home. The mistaken left took us out into the wooded back roads of a Western Massachusetts forest. Midnight had come and gone. The night was silent as we climbed the mist and fog drenched hills, slowly navigating homeward. As the car reached the peak and made a decent back into town, a graceful ghost visited for but a brief moment. The majestic snowy owl swooped down, a white relic materializing out of cloud and headlight. Wings spreading with such perfection. Then it vanished, back into the late night. All that remains is our moment shared. The accidental night drive we will never forget. Sometimes it's nice to get lost.

Eventide Passage is the reflection of a night drive. It is the emptiness and mystery that surrounds a vehicle when driving through the blackness. Most of this album was created while traveling (on planes, trains, & buses). This wasn't entirely an intentional decision, just a coincidence of where my free time lay during the bulk of the recording process. Because of when and where I recorded this album, it is mostly comprised of electronic sounds. I usually find compositions composed entirely through digital electronics to come across as cold or stale. To offset this, and obtain a warmer sound, I added additional acoustic drones, instrumentation and percussion.

We were traveling late one night towards home on a long stretch of quiet dark. Up ahead, two small beacons of light were slowly growing in parallel, illuminating the forest lined road in exhausted twilight. The approaching light transferred into our lane, unwavering. Brief is the moment when two cars pass each other. Frozen is the moment when a small impulse of electricity commands the maneuvering of the vehicle around you into the opposite lane while the oncoming vehicle careens into a silver strip of guardrail and sparks. Yes, cars pass for but a moment but the picture of a near head on collision only fades with the years.

Each of the tracks on Eventide Passage are named after text on street signs that I've passed while driving or riding in automobiles. Out of context these words and short phrases take interesting new directions in meaning. Do they signify obstacles in life, states of mind, or conjure a forgotten memory? These words, many which we see everyday, take on a sense of mystery and nostalgia when removed from their civic service.

The only way to make it through the desert in California is by cover of darkness. I'm not worried about bandits or a lack of gas stations. I just don't trust the car. It was summer and as you can imagine, a hot summer in the southern Californian desert. Sundown came and we started our trek towards the western twilight. The open planes and distant sands evaporated into the color of night. Seldom passing vehicles were the infrequent oasis of light on an evening sea. The lines on the road provided a melodic visual drone. Roll the windows down. Put on the music. Flashes of lightning in the distance illuminated the horizon, too far away to hear the storm. We could make out the silhouette of a distance mountain range by the light of storm clouds. Beyond those hills, was our destination.

My hope with Eventide Passage is that it finds rotation in your late night car rides and long travels. There aren't many ambient albums for driving and if I've succeeded in making one, well I leave that up to you. Safe travels.

credits

released May 22, 2012

All tracks by Off Land, 2002-2010 / Mastered by Kris Weston
Microbeats, Additional Production by Patrick Balthrop on 2,4,7,8
bonus track (11) mastered by A.P / GS Mastering & Post

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Off Land Northampton, Massachusetts

Formed in 2004 by Tim Dwyer, Off Land is influenced by music such as Javanese gamelan, ambient techno, and meditative drone. Dwyer's music is sparse yet texturally intricate, lying in some sort of electro-acoustic limbo between Namlook's more dusty ambient collaborations, emotive landscapes, and pulsating rhythmic structures. ... more

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