DUE OUT ON AURORA BOREALIS ON CD AND
LP FORMATS, RELEASE DATE: 2 MARCH
Aurora Borealis is
proud to announce the arrival of the stunning new six-track release from Jarboe and Helen
Money, both of whom will be touring in Europe in February in support
of their record.
Legend of underground music Jarboe
joins forces with visionary cellist Helen Money (aka Alison Chesley) to create what
is probably the most beautiful release in the label's history. While still a
"heavy" record in many ways, Chesley's cello looming massive and
distorted over much of the proceedings, there are moments of transcendent
beauty with Jarboe's ethereal vocal and piano work soaring above the drones,
reaching for the beyond.
Jarboe, famed vocalist, musician and
performer, came to prominence as co-front and co-writer in Swans, and over the
past three decades has amassed 36 solo albums as well as over 63 collaborative
projects with artists including... Philip Anselmo, Attila Csihar, Blixa
Bargeld, Bill Laswell, John Fryer, Jim Thirlwell, Merzbow, Kris Force,
Lustmord, PanSonic, Mark Spybey, Steven Severin, Chris Connelly, Alan Sparhawk,
Neurosis, Edward KaSpel, William Faith, Monica Richards, David J, David Torn,
Bill Rieflin, Iva Davies, Julia Kent, Zoe Keating, Anni Hogan, Meredith
Yayanos, A Perfect Circle, Colin Marston, Cobalt, Cattle Decapitation, Byla,
Justin K. Broadrick, Jesu, Peter Valsamis, Josh Graham, Esoteric, Vampillia,
Crone... Jarboe's influence on modern experimental music is as much bound to
quality as it is astonishingly quantitative. Her accolades reflect this; Jarboe
has performed and recorded in scores of countries, appeared in books, films and
games, and most recently was chosen to become one of the twelve members of
the National Parks Arts Foundation 2015-2016 Advisory Board.
Helen Money is the nomme de guerre of
cellist Alison Chesley, an extraordinary musician capable of wholly unorthodox
and often pitch-black explorations of her instrument's farthest frontiers. In
addition to working with Mono, Anthrax and Russian Circles, she has toured with
Joe Lally and Shellac among others, and released her doom-stricken third album Arriving
Angels on respected label Profound Lore in 2013, with Decibel magazine
neatly concluding that “[Helen Money’s] raw, minimalist stylings make
her the lo-fi Xasthur to Apocalyptica’s Dimmu Borgir bombast."
Working together and separately on
the compositions, the record comes together as a seamless whole under the
mastering of Kris Force, with moments of sparse beauty mirrored by
howling squawls of intensity. This is a very human record, organic, the voice
of Jarboe and the many textured strings of Chesley's cello combining with an
earthy depth but reaching for the stars.
Aurora Borealis will
be releasing Jarboe and Helen Money on March
2nd as a black vinyl LP and 4 panel digifile to coincide with their
February European tour. They will be joined on dates by Alexander Hacke
(Einstürzende Neubauten) and Danielle de Picciotto (Crime & The City
Solution) - see the tour poster below for full dates.
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