Constellation's first-ever digital series. 16 artists with new longplaying singles and accompanying experimental film/video, commissioned as part of our pandemic/post-capitalist response for label-affiliated musicians under current conditions. Tracks are exclusive to Bandcamp and PWYC for the week of release, along with sale pricing on artist’s related Constellation digital discography. 100% of revenue from all digital sales goes to the artist. Winter 2021 Corona Borealis tracks drop on Thursdays throughout January/February. Revisit our Fall 2020 entries here.
Eric Chenaux
Video: Eric Cazdyn
“3 Stars On Mountain Of Doom” was recorded for Richard Youngs’ 50th Birthday (a limited edition of 1 compilation CD entitled 50 Years Of Youngs) curated by Madeleine Hynes. Most of this piece is a reflection upon Richard’s Three Handed Star released on his No Fans label in 2008. I cannot count on this being true or not but I believe that he recorded it after acquiring a concertina or melodeon or some such thing, using the recording process to get to know the instrument. I have always had a fondness for this untethered reverie of his. The last section is an instrumental version of Mountain Of Doom, which Richard wrote and recorded with his son Sorely. The lyrics are fried and the song is an oddly touching and beautiful one – one of those songs that seems to just drop into the world without a hitch. Thank you Richard, Madeleine and Sorley for giving me an aberrant place to play around.
– Eric Chenaux –
During these COVID days I keep thinking about Buster Keaton. Especially a scene in which he is leaning against a building, minding his own business. Soon, a cop appears to tell him to move along. He does, but at the moment he stops leaning against the building, the building collapses. Today, it is not just time that is out of joint (Hamlet), but space as well (Keaton). And the arbitrariness of both reminds us that there is no permanent state of things–no built and unbuilt, no forwards and backwards. Yes, there is a dominant capitalist logic today that informs reality and is desperate to orient us to its pathetic little desires. But this logic is not stable and can always come crashing down. Eric’s music reminds me that there is no fixed order of things. No natural progress. And when we subtract these false orientations, something clears so that we do not even notice that the whole video was shot in reverse and that the dancer’s every movement is backwards. Or, more to the point, it is not just that we do not notice these things, but that these things (forwards-backwards, movement-stillness) do not exist in the first place.
– Eric Cazdyn –
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T. Griffin
Music by T. Griffin
Jason Ajemian: Bass
Matana Roberts: Alto Saxophone
Jim White: Drums
T. Griffin: Banjo, Mexico City Field Recordings, Guitar, Synthesizers
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REVISIT THE FALL 2020 CORONA BOREALIS TRACKS
Corona Borealis Longplay Singles Series
Fall 2020
Markus Floats • 01 October
Efrim Manuel Menuck • 08 October
Jessica Moss • 15 October
Jason Sharp • 22 October
T. Gowdy • 29 October
Fly Pan Am • 05 November
JOYFULTALK • 12 November
Joni Void + N NAO • 19 November
Winter 2021
T. Griffin • 14 January
Eric Chenaux • 21 January
Deadbeat & Martin Bakero • 28 January
Automatisme • 04 February
Light Conductor • 11 February
Off World • 18 February
Sam Shalabi • 25 February
Jerusalem In My Heart • 04 March
Constellation's first-ever digital series. 16 artists with new longplaying singles and accompanying experimental film/video, commissioned as part of our pandemic/post-capitalist response for label-affiliated musicians under current conditions. Tracks are exclusive to Bandcamp and PWYC for the week of release, along with sale pricing on artist’s related Constellation digital discography. 100% of revenue from all digital sales goes to the artist. Winter 2021 Corona Borealis tracks drop on Thursdays throughout January/February. Revisit our Fall 2020 entries here.
The Fall 2020 chapter of Constellation's first-ever digital series. 8 artists present longplaying singles and accompanying experimental film/video, commissioned as part of our pandemic/post-capitalist response for label-affiliated musicians under current conditions. Tracks are exclusive to Bandcamp. 100% of revenue from all digital sales goes to the artist. See our Winter 2021 post for details on the latest Corona Borealis chapter.
read moreCatch up on the all eight of our Fall 2020 Corona Borealis Longplay Singles. For your seamless streaming pleasure, we’ve put them in a SoundCloud playlist for the month of December. We won’t be putting this music up on other streaming platforms and all Corona Borealis tracks are otherwise exclusive to Bandcamp, with all proceeds going to the artist in perpetuity. Show these artists some extra support by downloading their longform singles (and their other Constellation releases) on Friday 04 December when Bandcamp waives its revenue share. A reminder that every digital album sold across the entire Constellation discography on Bandcamp is also 100% to the artist, as part of our pandemic support policy implemented in April and extended until the end of this year – December is the ninth and final month on this, make it count!
read morePurchase four or more titles from our webshop and automatically save 25%. All formats and titles are eligible for the sale, and you can mix & match formats in your order to qualify for the discount. For vinyl lovers, 4 LPs is the sweet spot for mail-order (weight-based shipping rates being what they are) and by far your best value – another reason we're offering the discount at this quantity. This offer runs until 18 December but we do recommend you place your order ASAP and no later than 11 December if you're looking to receive your order before the holidays.
read moreAs first announced back in March, Constellation has been passing 100% of digital download revenue from our website and Bandcamp directly to artists as part of our pandemic policy. We kicked off this initiative when lockdown took hold, and after renewing it every month since we've made the decision to extend the policy until the end of 2020. Read on for more details about our pandemic response.
read morePick up Third Album by Markus Floats and Therapy With Colour by T. Gowdy on Deluxe 180gLP or CD from your favourite record shop. Don't delay, though – the Deluxe vinyl editions are limited to 300 copies each at indie shops.
read moreMontréal-based producer and sound artist T. Gowdy shares five essential picks from the Constellation catalog, including albums from Jerusalem In My Heart, JOYFULTALK, and more. Preorder T. Gowdy's new album Therapy With Colour on Deluxe 180gLP or CD before it hits record shops on 21 August.
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