Place & Distance by Cody Yantis
originally released as a cdr (edition of 100) from analogpath.
Even in these early months of 2013, there has been a lot of brazen electronic disfigurements this year, including the aggressive scuzz of Pete Swanson’s Beer Damage side project, the long overdue reissue stream from Recollection GRM, and the recycled fragments of Andrew Pekler. ”Place & Distance” is as varied and rewarding as any of the above selections. Cody Yantis, who also contributed to the lovely recent Tilth LP on Soft Abuse, has created a beguiling album that is not easily categorized. Sound and its sources are treated as a tool for real expression, not something to be locked away and untouched. As such, Yantis freely manipulates errant electronic frequencies, swatches of acoustic instruments, and unwieldy samples into compelling music that has a natural, unharnessed asymmetry. ”Place & Distance” covers a lot of ground as well, from the bowed sonorites of “With Water” and the noisy debris of “Within a Bamboo Box” to the oblique jazz references on “Unbuilt.” Yantis’ work is genuinely adventurous and always exciting. – Ryan Potts, Experimedia
Tracklist
| 1. | Within a Bamboo Box | 5:48 |
| 2. | With Water | 5:19 |
| 3. | A Cold Light | 5:04 |
| 4. | A Memory Mosaic | 3:56 |
| 5. | Unbuilt | 2:40 |
| 6. | Of a Piece | 4:17 |
| 7. | Before Language | 5:50 |
| 8. | At an Angle | 7:00 |
Credits
recorded in archuleta county, co (summer & fall 2012). mastered by sean mccann. photograph by tiffany clendenin.
License
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. See the Creative Commons website for details.
Instrumental, improvisational, and often string-based, the works of Cody Yantis tend to reside in the margins between tonality and noise. Experiences and ideas of environment provide consistent motivations as Yantis explores what David Teague has called "people suiting posture to place." A member of Untrammel, Saguache, and Tilth, he also works in visual media.