Around it comes again – merry6mas time. Merry6mas comes of
age hitting the grand old age of 16 this year.
Seems pretty amazing to me that it’s lasted this long as my original
ambition as a jusician was to be able to have a record released. About 16 years and 150 releases later, here
we are with the latest merry6mas. As
ever, this is a collection of tracks that, for whatever reason, didn’t get
released by other means. There’s a few
tracks recorded specially for this CD, some alternate versions of tracks from ‘Closer
to The Sea’, some tracks that didn’t fit with the concept of the album, and the
live set from FUSE gallery in Bradford, available in physical format.
The CD is nearly 80 minutes long and comes in a hand stamped
card sleeve with a 12 page booklet full of beautiful winter photographs by the
wonderful Christy Romanick. This release
again comes courtesy of Silber Records as one of the Silber Christmas Eps (stretching
the EP concept a little).
http://www.silbermedia.com
This CD will be available from 30 November 2014 from the
yellow6 bandcamp page: yellow6.bandcamp.com
While you’re there, don’t forget that essential Christmas gift
for the one you love (or otherwise) with copies of Closer To The Sea Without
Moving still available. Also, there are
the last 4 copies of Y6XV (in gig edition sleeve) plus some other lovely CDs.
If you fancy a copy of any of these other releases that aren’t
on Bandcamp, email me for details:
In Time This Too Will Fade (clear vinyl LP)
Death:Valley (2CD set, or 2 x colour vinyl LP)
Painted Sky (CD)
Death:Valley (2CD set, or 2 x colour vinyl LP)
Painted Sky (CD)
Thanks to you all for your support that has made it possible
to reach 16 years and still going…
Jon./yellow6
Here’s some nice things people said about Closer To The Sea
Without Moving
Experimental band Yellow6 graces us with a new album, Closer
To The Sea Without Moving, on North Carolina's Silber Records. The ten tracks
combine aspects of drone, shoegaze and post-rock into an artist canvas of lush
soundscapes. The music finds each element and texture adding personality to the
overall aesthetic. What emerges is an album of sublime taste and beauty.
~ Floorshime Zipper Boots
~ Floorshime Zipper Boots
emerging from the post rock / space rock / ambient scene Jon
Atwood (nee Yellow6) has established himself as one of the foremost purveyors
in the art of crafting mood moving widescreen soundscapes…. as ever the string
strokes exude a touch of finite serene elegance, The set though is dominated
beautifully by the five part ‘closer to the sea’ suite, here Atwood comes into
his own rifling through as where the lighthouse’s old memories, the centre
point being the delicately harnessed ‘part 2’ – it’s here that Atwood’s mastery
of intimacy and the channelling of moods comes into exacting focus, from the
opining grace and carefree motifs that speckle its introduction to the storm
lashed brutality of the conversation between the victim and perpetrator at 8.27
wherein the onset of feedback ruptures suddenly threaten with dooming
consequence, between these polar extremes the lighthouse’s sense of pride,. All
said we here are quite smitten by the demurring beauty of the Mancini meets
Vini O’Reilly spectral detailing that dapples the fragile grooves of the
mellowed ‘red candy’ which only falls into runners up spot at the emergence of
the gorgeously serene Fahey schooled ‘sleet day’ – exquisite as you’d rightly
expect.
~ The Sunday Experience
a very mellow, mellifluous and somber sort of album, with a big emphasis on an ambient sound. If you enjoy the calming, soothing ambient sketches of Brian Eno then you will be right at home with this latest release by Yellow 6.
~ Kent Manthie, Independent Review
~ The Sunday Experience
a very mellow, mellifluous and somber sort of album, with a big emphasis on an ambient sound. If you enjoy the calming, soothing ambient sketches of Brian Eno then you will be right at home with this latest release by Yellow 6.
~ Kent Manthie, Independent Review
