We are blessed here at C23 with some amazing artists who've committed to the label. When Tim Tree aka White Mountains first approached us with his intense slab of digital noise 'Like Water Lilies', we were suitably impressed. My first response was 'This guy KNOWS HOW TO NOISE!', then we were treated to his split with Gimp Nipples, where the noise was tempered by ambient sections and an amazing segue into prog territory towards the end of the track. 'Our Lady of Sorrows', his 3rd one for us was a delightfully intricate exercise in quaility harshness. But it wasn't until 'There Was a Room and it Was Cold', his new one which is available here from today (5/4/08), that we realised that Mr. Tree is a talented multi-instrumentalist whose work spans several genres. We implore you to check out the work of this talented artist!
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find out more about White Mountains please visit his myspace page at:
http://www.myspace.com/whitemountainswm
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WHITE MOUNTAINS 'Like Water Lilies' C23_044
C23 newcomer White Mountains makes some bloody cool noise, and on top of that he's a nice guy. What more could you ask for? Download this record and treat yourself. C'mon, it's the end of the year, you owe it to yourself.
WHITE MOUNTAINS / GIMP NIPPLES untitled split C23_045
A pretty bizarre split release, which is good because we like it bizarre! Mr. Gimp Nipples weighs in with a hefty chunk of circuit-bent harsh noise, whilst White Mountains somehow manages to move from ambience to harsh noise to 'rock' over the course of one 16 minute track. Rather delightful.
WHITE MOUNTAINS 'Our Lady of Sorrows' C23_047
White Mountains is on a roll! This is a superb harsh noise record, it's clear that a lot of thought has gone into this. Highly recommended.
WHITE MOUNTAINS 'There Was a Room And It Was Cold' C23_057
This is an absolutely stunning record from Timothy Tree, I am quite lost for words here. Elegiac acoustic songwriting collides with field recordings, and a sensibility so incisive and it sends real shivers up my spine. As if the elegance and virtuosity weren't enough, this brilliant set concludes with what must be a world-first, an acoustic cover of one of the most moving and emotive of American tracks from the mid 80s, 'Three Nights' by Black Flag. An absolutely essential download.
HERSELF & WHITE MOUNTAINS 'Her Mountains' C23_060
A stunner of a collaborative record from Herself (Italy) and White Mountains (UK). The audio is very difficult to try and categorise, so I listened again, and again, and again... In fact it's easier to tell you that the instrumentation here includes electric and acoustic guitars, piano, drums, electronics, field recordings and voice. A gem of a 30 minute sonic journey, this comes very highly recommended.
