Oryx Records
Lee Evans - Animist Pools
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"Animist
Pools"
was
released
July
1,
2016
in
a
cassette
limited
edition
on
Human
Pitch
records.
Originally
released
as
"Hippies
Wearing
Muzzles",
pseudonym
of
Lee
Evans.
"A
shifting
center
in
a
stream
of
rippling
analog
tones,
the
music
of
Hippies
Wearing
Muzzles
is
orchestrated
to
transfix,
echoing
sounds
heard
in
nature
with
modular
synthesizers
and
the
powerful
element
of
chance.
Evoking
the
Fourth
World
Music
of
Jon
Hassel
or
the
kosmische
innovations
of
Cluster,
Animist
Pools
marks
its
composer,
Lee
Evans’
first
full-length
release
for
Human
Pitch.
Accompanied
its
popping,
glyphic
art
design
and
video,
the
project’s
hypnotic
aptitude
is
heightened
to
full-effect.
Citing
his
background
in
painting
as
a
chief
influence
on
his
musical
approach
and
thought
process,
Evans
composes
with
a
strong
sense
of
space––each
sound
an
event
in
a
slowly
expanding
landscape,
zooming
out
to
reveal
a
world
of
scale
in
which
depth
and
contrast
take
precedent
over
rhythm
and
melody.
Embracing
the
generative
compositional
nature
of
working
with
the
modular
synthesizer,
Evans
himself
is
the
final
filter
through
which
all
sounds
pass.
The
boundary
between
programmed
repetition
and
human
choice
is
subtle,
but
detectable,
highlighting
Evans’
careful,
nuanced
guidance
of
his
auto-compositions.
The
result
is
ultimately
an
improvised
structure––a
living,
breathing,
musical
creature,
acting
on
a
mixture
of
impulse
and
memory.
Animist
Pools
is
a
functional
body
of
music
for
everyday
human
applications,
with
the
implied
invitation
to
tune
out
and
back
in
at
one’s
discretion.
The
cleanly
organized
musical
space
of
Animist
Pools
encourages
a
tidying
up
of
the
mind.
On
a
psychoacoustic
level
it
is
one,
breathing
life
into
the
dusty
corners
of
one’s
headspace.
Animist
Pools
is
an
immersive,
meditative,
and
therapeutic
experience."
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