Perils From The Sea is a collaboration between Jimmy LaValle of the Album Leaf and Mark Kozelek. It’s a set of long, somber songs that melds LaValle’s spacious, orchestral electronic instrumentation with Kozelek’s forthright and world-weary vocals. They’re transfixing, often beautiful, sometimes unsettling. The collaboration grew out of mutual admiration. Kozelek had seen LaValle play a few times, both in his old band Tristeza and the Album Leaf, and was impressed; and he is a fan, especially, of Torey’s Distraction, last year’s soundtrack album from the Album Leaf. LaValle will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our new feature on him and Kozelek.
LaValle: DLB Electronics is a boutique synthesizer, effects-pedals and electronic-instrument archive of David LeBleu from the Mercury Program, Textual and the Album Leaf. He has custom built pedals and a small modular synth system for me, and I couldn’t be happier. His systems are just as powerful as top-of-the-line (and price) systems. He’s hand made quite an impressive synth displayed on his website from scratch. The look of his product is very clean and slick. He created a delay pedal that has an amazing distortion option. He can custom build most any effects pedal to your liking. Check out his website. I highly recommend!
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