:zoviet*france:’s A Duck In A Tree on Resonance FM this weekend tackled “The Stature of Silence” and included my song “Whaliens” off Farewell, Doomed Planet! There will be re-broadcasts on Tuesday and later in the year, or catch the soul-affirming mix now on Mixcloud.
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Monolith Cocktail Review
Very generous review of Farewell, Doomed Planet! on Monolith Cocktail today. Thanks to them for these kind words:
“Equally deft at composing contemporary symphonies as she is Warp label imbued kinetic and industrial electronica, Kelly coos and soundscapes a lamentable vision of the apocalypse that combines aria-like space operatics with tubular metallic breakdowns, stirring ambient swells and darker twists of contorting nuanced sonics….Cinematic in places, setting an astral mirage of dreamy and bestial proportions, Farewell is a beautifully scary drama that evokes touches of Bowie, Tangerine Dream, Bernard Szajner, Diva Dompe, Moroder and Vangelis. Kelly does wonderful things amongst the stars; the apocalypse has seldom sounded so celestially operatic and electronically choral.”
Read the full review, + reviews of Shanghai Restoration Project, Lucifer Was, Origami Repetika, Mogadisco, and Boa Morte, over on the blog!
Phantom Circuit, For The Record, and Sweeney’s Gumbo YaYa
Lots of airtime for Farewell, Doomed Planet! this week. Thanks to Phantom Circuit, Zadok Strawberry on WERA (Arlington, VA)’s For The Record, and Sweeney’s Gumbo YaYa on KAOS in Olympia for their support, and listen to the show recaps on Mixcloud–lots of great new artists to acquaint yourselves with.
Video Premiere: Whaliens
Vital Weekly Podcast & Magazine
Thank you to experimental music magazine and podcast Vital Weekly for reviewing Farewell, Doomed Planet! and playing “Departure.” Issue 1206 is available here and says,
“[Farewell, Doomed Planet!]” can be jumpy and punky electro poppy, with Kelly singing with a fierce voice, but it also can be dreamy and spacey, such as in ‘Departure’. Going from synthpop to ambient to darker pastures of electronic pop music, she bounces neatly over the place.”
Read the full review on the site, and listen to the mix below or on Mixcloud.
ShopLand World Reviewed on Yeah I Know It Sucks
Strategic Tape Reserve’s ShopLand World: Music For A Discovery Park Of Miniature Supermarkets is happily still making the rounds, most recently being reviewed by my faves Yeah I Know It Sucks. They had this to say about my contribution, “What Penumbras:”
“First shopping mall I entered was one curated and owned by Elizabeth Joan Kelly. Once in I got the surprising surprise of being tossed into what could only be described as a surreal slide into something named ‘What Penumbras’. A heaven for consumers that likes to buy psychedelic experiences from a jar by mumbling gurus that got themselves deliciously surrounded by smoke and special sound effects. It made me not only feel very enthusiastic, it also gave me a very weird feeling in my stomach; a shopping sensation like this, you simply wouldn’t even expect to happen at a well thought out shop in a chewed up Disneyland theme park… This was the impressive place that once you had found the exit again would have made such a impression that it would simply stay with you for days on end.”
Full review on their blog!
Cosmonaut Chorus on Anticipating Nowhere
The 17th episode of Anticipating Nowhere (on the cusp of adulthood!) features “Cosmonaut Chorus” off Farewell, Doomed Planet! alongside a brand new (and wonderful) song by Twitter friend Black Robert (new album upcoming on Wormhole World) and lots of new-to-me sounds curated by ÅšimmØMaZ. Listen below or on Mixcloud, and catch the full track list on the blog.
CiTR’s Bepi Crespan Presents
Now archived, CiTR Radio’s November 1 Bepi Crespan Presents* show included two tracks by me + Ryuichi Sakamoto, Divide and Dissolve, and more. Listen and download on the CiTR website!
*CITR’s 24 HOURS OF RADIO ART in a snack size format! Difficult music, harsh electronics, spoken word, cut-up/collage and general CRESPAN© weirdness.
Farewell, Doomed Planet! review on Bandcloud
Thanks to Aidan for these words about Farewell, Doomed Planet! on Bandcloud:
It features songs that are jerky and weird, beautiful ambient numbers (‘Whaliens’ is sublime), all with her strange slant on chord progression and songwriting. It’s fascinating.
Full review here!
So many Halloween playlists!
Have I got listening recommendations for you today…if you’re looking for spooky, eerie, creepy, terrifying sounds to accompany your Halloween festivities, look no further, and thanks to all of these fabulous playlist curators for including me.
Pete Clark, Hallows Eve Part 2
Sarah Schonert, Synthoween and Haunted
Tracy’s Expansion of Presence, Halloween Playlist 2019
Ambient Atomic Orbitals, Farewell, Doomed Planet! mix
Houdini Mansions, Magnetic Mystery Hour 11 Halloween Mix
Elizabeth Joan Kelly 