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No Stairway

by glassine

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great star 02:11
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about

This album is comprised solely of manipulated field recordings that were taken from inside of Guitar Center.

"If you've ever closed your eyes in a room full of family and friends, letting the chatter blur so that you sense the surrounding goodwill more than you pick out the words, then No Stairway will have an uncannily familiar feel."
(Jayson Greene, Pitchfork)

"Greenwald’s music favors woozy loops and dreamlike soundscapes.."
(Washington Post)

"No Stairway lets you sit back and pick out recognizable moments from the faded slow motion swirl as if you’re looking for shapes in the clouds."
(FACT, #19 Best Bandcamp Releases of 2015)

noisey.vice.com/blog/album-of-guitar-center-field-recordings
(interview for eyes)

wypr.org/post/album-glassine-recorded-music-store-guitar-center#stream/0
(interview for ears)

www.tinymixtapes.com/chocolate-grinder/premiere-glassine-human-shield
(video for eyes)

"...artfully reconstructs the often bewildering sonic environment of an instrument store into hazy, atmospheric instrumental sketches that emphasize the distance between people as they fill the same space with sound."
(DownBeat Magazine)

"some post-vaporwave produced faux melodic ambiance that’s all at once subconscious music and next-level field recording. And the esoterica and nostalgic level of listening here is completely outta-whack when paired with the idea that NONE of these samples are realmed in the same genre or created (potentially) by the same person."
(Tiny Mix Tapes)

"It’s gauzy, crystalline night music, a more upbeat version of the same sleep state that Liz Harris, Stars of the Lid, Basinski, and occasionally Aphex Twin capture."
(Splice Today)

"No Stairway is a rich, nuanced release that transcends typical field recordings in Glassine’s astounding ear for melody and attention to detail."
(Alaya)

"There is a wilted beauty to these decontextualized sounds, a wonder in the process of creating the track, a mystery - and that’s what it is all about, isn’t it? "
(Guide Me Little Tape)

credits

released August 7, 2015

Thanks to Patient Sounds for putting this out.

Cassette sold out.

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glassine Baltimore, Maryland

Glassine is Danny Greenwald, a Baltimore-based sound recordist and composer.

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