Reise der Schatten [LP]

Anthony Pateras - Reise der Schatten [LP]

Reise der Schatten (Journey of Shadows) is the soundtrack to the eponymous debut feature-length animation film by Swiss artist Yves Netzhammer. Composed by Anthony Pateras and released as a standalone album through Hallow Ground, the 29 pieces are based on "weird folk melodies ornamented with electro-acoustic" to give the film a more fantastical, fairy-tale feeling, as the composer puts it. His extensive international recording sessions with a slew of guest musicians results in a record imbued with a sense of mystical surrealism, otherworldly and haunting. Pateras recorded with musicians such as guitarist Alexander Garsden, viola player Erkki Veltheim, clarinetist Aviva Endean, multi-instrumentalist Justin Marshall and Lizzy Welsh on the viola d'amore among other instruments. He recorded percussion and recorders with Rohan Rebeiro and Natasha Anderson in his hometown of Castlemaine, double bass with Benjamin Ward in Sydney, bass and flutes with Jon Heilbron and Rebecca Lane in Berlin, and electronics in Züri ch with Netzhammer. Reise der Schatten was thus a literal journey, made with a big, international electro-acoustic ensemble. As a stand-alone album, Reise der Schatten opens up a space of its own. Its stylistic diversity makes it atmospherically and emotionally multi-faceted. As its composer notes, music for screen can be very virtuosic, sophisticated, and variegated! His own work is a testament to that claim. 01. Reise der Schatten (titles) _x000D_ 02. Sans Visages #1 _x000D_ 03. The Wind Comes From the East #1 _x000D_ 04. Überwacht #1 _x000D_ 05. Pyrapulse #1 _x000D_ 06. The Silver Tree #1_x000D_ 07. Tod und der Affe #1 _x000D_ 08. The Wind Comes From the East #2 _x000D_ 09. Überwacht #2 _x000D_ 10. Candle With Wings #1 _x000D_ 11. Tage ohne Stunden #1 _x000D_ 12. City Symphony _x000D_ 13.Candle With Wings #2 _x000D_ 14. A Friend From the Deep #1 _x000D_ 15. The Silver Tree #2 _x000D_ 16. Paper Moon _x000D_ 17. Mechanocrab #1 _x000D_ 18. Tage ohne Stunden #2 _x000D_ 19. Mechanocrab #2 _x000D_ 20. Island Interlude _x000D_ 21. Mechanocrab #3 _x000D_ 22. Überwacht #3 _x000D_ 23. A Friend From the Deep #2 _x000D_ 24. Mechanocrab #4 _x000D_ 25. Sans Visages #2 _x000D_ 26. Überwacht #4 _x000D_ 27. Assimilation_x000D_ 28. Sans Visages #3 (credits) _x000D_ 29. Tod und der Affe #2