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Sound of Ceres w/ Advance Base
Sound of Ceres
The Twin
(Joyful Noise)
There is no one true self. With every choice you make, your story changes. Between
the potential and the actual, there exist an infinite number of variations on who you
have been.
The mysterious tale of The Twin, the second full-length from Sound of Ceres, exists in
myriad permutations, too: a new album, a mesmerizing live show, videos, an Alastair
Reynolds short story and others in-between. Sound of Ceres' creative cohort of
authors, composers, and illusionists traveled from a snowy Alpine retreat to the outer
limits of deep space to bring you The Twin.
While their 2016 debut Nostalgia for Infinity responded to the hugeness of time and
space, now Sound of Ceres explore the strangeness of being just one human outcome
amidst an infinitude of possibilities.
The adventure begins with one of the great works of 20 th century German literature,
The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann. As Ryan Hover read the tale of Hans Castorp
(named for one of the twins of Gemini), whose life as a shipbuilder gets sidetracked
by a visit to a rest home in the Swiss Alps, new chords, melodies, and lyrical ideas
seized his imagination. Elements from the novel the snow and isolation of the
mountains, echoes of Grimm's Fairy Tales, a fixation with the number seven took on
a new form as the fantastic universe of The Twin took shape.
Karen Hover and Ryan gave voice to early versions of the songs, exploring the sound
of words even as they teased out lyrical ideas. Rough sketches were dispatched to
band mates Derrick Bozich, Jacob Graham, and Ben Phelan, and then Ryan fashioned
their instrumental contributions into new arrangements.
But just as Hans in The Magic Mountain undergoes a great transformation as from the
flatlands through the narrow gauge to the Alps, The Twin underwent great changes as
it began to travel in this case, to Iceland.
Ryan, Karen, and Jacob arrived at the Reykjavik studio of producer Alex Somers
(Sigur Rós, Julianna Barwick) with the original mixes of what seemed like more-or-
less finished songs. And then they went through a different door. Guitars and
harpsichords gave way to more analog synthesizers and melodic percussion. As the
music's dynamic range grew wider, timbres chilled, and more layers of vocals were
woven into the background, a new twin of The Twin emerged.
The Twin opens with the hypnotic "Gemini Scenic," analog keyboards and pulsating
drums lifting up Karen's hazy, layered vocals; the intensity ebbs and flows, propelling
the listener deeper into the album's mysterious sonic universe. "Mercury's Moods"
clicks and hisses like some steam-powered alien machine, while "The Twin" underpins
harp glissandi and Ryan's voice with crisp, dry snare hits. Hints of '60s exotica, '70s
AM radio, and even symphonic grandeur weave through layers of rippling synths and
shifting rhythms. Ideas drawn from the past and future fold together, creating a
sound that exists outside any particular time or trend.
In concert, The Twin evolves and changes nightly; no two versions of this immersive
audio-visual experience are alike. Lasers and fiber optics pierce the darkness and
smoke, creating a web of ever-changing constellations. Stars, circles, and double-
helixes dance around the band, bouncing off reflective costumes and outstretched
hands. Responding fluidly to each unique environment where they perform, Sound of
Ceres transport the audience into the heart of the great cosmos via a mystifying
display of lights and effects, coupled with hypnotizing sound.
Just as the various members of Sound of Ceres combine ideas and energies to fashion
their magical world, everything they create together words and music, video, live
performance art interlocks to tell the whole story. And when all the elements align,
The Twin unlocks a universe of endless possibilities and infinite outcomes. You'll never
experience it the same way twice.
Advance Base
Owen Ashworth used to release his lo-fi keyboard pop under the name Casiotone for the Painfully
Alone, but these days he calls it Advance Base.
Walking the line between electronic music & traditional singer/songwriter forms, Ashworth writes
minimalist, heavy-hearted, & nostalgia-obsessed songs of longing & regret. His conversational,
baritone vocals sing stories of hard-luck Midwesterners & their demons amid swirls of electric pianos,
Omnichords, drum machines & samples.
Advance Base's second album, Nephew in the Wild, was named #1 Indie Pop album of 2015 by
PopMatters.
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