Light Mirror

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Album Info

Release Date: 2019-06-07

Label: Flenser Records

Black vinyl. Includes lyric insert and download card.

Manufactured in CZ, per barcode sticker on shrink wrap.

Written and recorded by Kyle Bates at NES artist residency in Skagaströnd, Iceland in April 2018 and at home in NE Portland from May to November 2018.
Non-recorded concepts and other materials completed during a residency at Studio Kura in Fukuoka, Japan in December 2018. The live drum sounds on “Between Fence Posts,” “Shower Pt. 2,” “Oslo,” and “Betty” are taken from a session at the Unknown in Anacortes, WA in March 2017 and were recorded by Nicholas Wilbur.

Sections of field recorded conversations with Andy and Betty Bates were used on “A Song I Made In 2001 With My Friend Who is Now Dead” and “Betty.”

Samples of Tuesday Faust’s voice taken from the 'Soon Asleep' sessions were used on “Bipolar 1” and “Oslo.”

A cassette recording of Miles Avila-Crump can be heard on “A Song I Made In 2001 With My Friend Who is Now Dead.”

'Fog Storm' instruments built in collaboration with Jesse Keating were played on “Bipolar 1,” “Oslo,” and “Betty.”

Noah Johanson’s preamp was used to record most instruments.

The cover art is a photograph, 'January,' by Norah Fuchs. 'September' is on the back cover, 'April' is on the inside, and 'December' and 'June' are on the record labels. All photos are of her conceptual piece, 'Unterschleif.'