Alaskan Tapes, the Ambient music project and brainchild of composer Brady Kendall based in Toronto, Canada, seeks to experiment with new perspectives and focuses on music which is more based on texture and depth than melody.
Who Tends A Garden, the project's new album, will be released on January 13th, 2023, and will analyze the figurative and literal definition of a garden, whether it's made of sound or mud in one's yard.
The garden theme came to Kendall while visiting the Adirondack Mountains in New York, where he came across the book, Who Loves A Garden by Louise Seymour Jones, a 1935 title filled with old poems and essays on the subject.
Brady Kendall comments on the new release: “I wanted this album to be my stripped-back album but instead of the usual guitar and microphone, I chose my ‘garden of sounds’ which consisted of my piano, trumpet, various synths and effects pedals, and knowledge of production. It’s also my first album since We All Speak In Poems that has only had myself on it, no session musicians, it’s pure Alaskan Tapes.”
The title track of the album is a lushly atmospheric and airy number which brims with beautiful fragility, instrumental lightness, and enriching textures, resulting in a comforting and engaging listen.
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