Pain/Air by Night Sky Body

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Night Sky Body is the new project of experimental sound artist, Frank Baugh, formerly known as Sparkling Wide Pressure. After over a decade of releases on labels like Adversary Electronics, Hooker Vision, Lillerne Tapes, and Never Anything, Baugh moves into darker realms with Night Sky Body. Pain/Air, out in April 2022 on sound as language, is the fourth release for Baugh under this new moniker. Night Sky Body is a reimagining of themes Baugh has been working on for years. Dream imagery, automatic writing, and psychological landscapes are distilled into fragmented song forms and sound collages. Abstract shapes take form and symbols reveal themselves as the process evolves. Embracing elements of industrial and goth this is haunting pop music buried under broken electronics and distorted textures. Layers are peeled off and then reapplied to give these songs a frayed atmosphere. Nerves are exposed and emotions are laid bare but the artist instead feels liberated and hopeful here. Night Sky Body is a fascinating rebirth and rejuvenation for Baugh. Pain/Air continues the captivating metamorphosis of a restless artist.

FKA Sparkling Wide Pressure. Collaborator in Horse Hair Everywhere, Young Wife, and Pain and Its Relief. Dark abstractions.