Quiet River of Dust, Vol. 1 [White Vinyl]

by Richard Reed Parry

Overview

Richard Reed Perry may be best known as a core member of stadium-filling Canadian art-rockers Arcade Fire, but he's had his multi-instrumentalist fingers in a lot of pies outside of the group, including Bell Orchestre and New International Standards, as well as collaborations with the National, Barr Brothers, the Unicorns, and Islands. His first solo outing, 2014's Music for Heart and Breath, was a collection of classical compositions recorded with yMusic, Kronos Quartet, Nico Muhly, Nadia Sirota, and Bryce and Aaron Dessner. His sophomore effort, Quiet River of Dust, Vol. 1, takes cues from both the latter LP and his work with Arcade Fire, delivering a wildly inventive seven-song set that marries the bucolic Albion folk-rock of Incredible String Band with swirling, worldbeat-infused psych-pop inspired by Japanese folk mythology. It might sound like a lot on paper, but Perry's meandering melodies and mercurial sonic vistas are as compelling as they are progressive, invoking everyone from Peter Gabriel and Yes ("Gentle Pulsing Dust") to Jim O'Rourke and the Flaming Lips ("On the Ground") -- like any good aural smorgasbord, there's a little something for everyone here. Peppered with field recordings of cicadas and driftwood percussion, "Song of the Wood," inspired by a 2008 visit to the forests of Japan while on tour with Arcade Fire, delivers pastoral ambient pop in the vein of Fleet Foxes. "I Was in the World (Was the World in Me)" begins in the same vein but traffics in waves of seismic crescendo that spill over the breakwall into the city streets, evoking Perry's meal ticket band. Released on the Autumn equinox (part two will arrive the following spring), Quiet River of Dust feels like its own celestial event, emitting frequencies both familiar and alien; Eastern philosophy-tinged pagan space folk devoted to gods both old and new. ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	10/05/2018
Label:	Anti- / Epitaph
UPC:	0045778763290
Rank:	109811

Tracks

1. Gentle Pulsing Dust
2. Sai No Kawara (River of Death)
3. On The Ground
4. Song Of Wood
5. Finally Home
6. I Was In The World (Was The World In Me?)
7. Farewell Ceremony

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Richard Reed Parry   Primary Artist,Casio,Drums,Flute,Organ,Piano,Bottle,Guitar,Voices,Cymbals,Echoplex,Keyboards,Percussion,Synthesizer,Drums (Bass),Flute Sample,Fender Rhodes,Bass (Upright)
Aaron Dessner   Piano,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Bryce Dessner   Guitar (Electric)
Andrew Barr   Cuica,Percussion
Matt Bauder   Clarinet,Clarinet (Bass)
Jordy Walker   Drums,Piano
Pietro Amato   Keyboards,French Horn
Marcus Paquin   Shaker
Stefan Schneider   Drums,Percussion
Grit Laskin   Pipe,Vocals,Choir/Chorus,Northumbrian Smallpipes
Stuart Bogie   Flute,Clarinet
Ian Robb   Vocals,Concertina,Choir/Chorus
Rebecca Foon   Cello
Laurence Stevenson   Fiddle,Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Caroline Shaw   Vocals,Voices
Laurel Sprengelmeyer   Voices,Keyboards,Synthesizer Bass
Deirdre O'Leary   Clarinet
Adam Brown   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Alistar Brown   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Geoff McClintock   Choir/Chorus
Ian Bell   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Jeff McClintock   Vocals,Choir/Chorus

Technical Credits

Tchad Blake   Mixing
Aaron Dessner   Producer
Jordy Walker   Engineer,Additional Production
Pietro Amato   Engineer
Marcus Paquin   Mixing,Engineer,Additional Production
Richard Reed Parry   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Sequencers,Field Recording
Tim Vesely   Engineer
Grit Laskin   Arranger
Stuart Bogie   Arranger
Ian Robb   Arranger
Susan Moss   Portrait Photography
Tracy Maurice   Artwork
Megan Barker   Composer
Kaveh Nabatian   Portrait Photography
Caroline Shaw   Vocal Arrangement
Laurel Sprengelmeyer   Engineer,Additional Production
Michael Dubue   Engineer
Hans Bernhard   Engineer,Additional Production
Corwin Fox   Composer,Engineer,Digital Delay,Additional Production
Frederique Gagnon   Graphic Design
Robyn Crouch   Art Assistant