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Ben Copperhead - Wailing Viridescence
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A
key
inspiration
for
Ben
Copperhead's
new
album,
Wailing
Viridescence,
can
be
traced
back
to
his
appreciation
of
old
recordings
using
analog
reel
to
reel
tape.
Years
ago,
while
on
tour
in
the
UK,
Copperhead
found
a
book
called
Tape
Music
Composition.
Cherishing
the
warming
qualities
of
magnetic
sound,
he
started
teaching
himself
through
experimentations
in
recording
techniques.
Utilizing
a
restored
4-track
machine,
he
relished
the
challenge
imposed
upon
himself
by
the
constraints
and
parameters
of
the
medium.
The
results
yielded
what
he
believes
to
be
his
strongest
album
to
date.
Featuring
a
collection
of
songs
and
several
instrumental
tracks,
Wailing
Viridescence
represents
Copperhead's
deeply
personal
response
to
the
physical,
spiritual,
and
social
injustice.
It
can
be
seen,
in
part,
as
having
been
born
out
of
a
desire
for
healing
and
self-expression
under
the
paradoxical
conditions
of
a
need
for
self-reliance
imposed
from
without
and
a
longing
for
community
coming
from
within.
For
Copperhead,
this
imposition
of
physical
limitations
and
communal
desire
gave
rise
to
unexpected
inspirations.
The
album
title
was
inspired
by
the
concatenation
of
activities
undertaken
during
the
pandemic:
the
ambient
wailing
sound
he
often
heard
during
his
walks
in
Brooklyn's
Prospect
Park,
which
he
later
discovered
were
vocalizations
from
a
peacock
in
the
park's
zoo;
readings
of
myths
from
India
and
the
story
of
a
peacock
who
ate
a
venomous
snake,
causing
the
bird's
colors
to
come
alive.
These
serendipitous
influences
inspired
in
him
a
moment
of
synesthesia:
his
namesake,
the
copperhead
snake;
the
iridescence
of
the
peacock;
the
wailing
calls
of
birds.
Copperhead
translated
this
experience
of
musical
colorations
through
alternate
tunings
and
original
arrangements
that
can
be
heard
in
the
present
album.
Wailing
Viridescence
represents
Ben
Copperhead's
continued
musical
growth
and
transformation
refracted
through
the
collective
challenges
we
face
in
these
tumultuous
times.
The
album
was
co-produced
with
longtime
collaborator
cellist
and
composer
Brent
Arnold.
The
legendary
Kramer
of
Shimmy-disc
mastered
the
recordings.
A
few
of
Copperhead's
instrumentals
and
past
favorite
songs
were
hand-picked
by
Kramer
and
also
included.
Tracklisting:
1
Copperhead
Vagabond
2
Sweet
Control
3
Franny
And
T
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