Forces, by Ela Spalding

Forces

by Ela Spalding

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1.	Black Lion 03:13
2.	Earth Pillow 03:59
3.	Bajo Grande 02:30
4.	It's a Forest 06:47
5.	Pearl River 03:44
6.	Rage 02:31
7.	Pirates and Gold 04:57	buy track
8.	Kaleidoscope Year 03:55
9.	Goldmines 04:02

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Released on individually dubbed, limited edition tape cassettes, which you can find at www.rehbergerecords.com

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Forces is a compilation of nine songs written and collected between 2012 and 2022. The album addresses the forces that rule our lives; our connection to nature and also the obstacles that seem to get in the way of us having more harmonious relationships with each other and our environment. The songs speak to decisive moments: when a calling received a response, when a wave was caught, when an image was captured. Forces was recorded at home in Berlin, with field recordings gathered in Panama and Europe.

Conceived as an artwork, Forces comes with analog photographs that were taken in the same 10-year period. The artist has produced a handbound, signed, limited edition book of 100 copies with the images and lyrics that you can purchase directly from her by writing to connect@elaspalding.com

Co–produced with Estudio Nuboso (www.estudionuboso.org) part of the proceeds go towards the care of a very special piece of cloud forest in Panama - El Jilguero Reserve.

credits

released June 24, 2023

Ela Spalding is a mother of two, daughter, sister, partner and friend; a multimedia artist~facilitator bringing people closer to themselves, others, nature and the places we inhabit through sound, books, words, somatics, installations and cross-disciplinary collaborations. She finds in music a free space to express the multiplicity of experiences and emotions she gathers and encounters in daily life, while working and walking in the fields of art, ecology and being human. She is the founder of Estudio Nuboso and has an artistic practice that she shares between Berlin, Panama and beyond.

Music and lyrics by Ela Spalding
On Goldmines: cello, arrangement and mix by Barnaby Tree
Digital mix by Michael Hughes
Mix and master for tape by Rachel Taylor

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~ diy cassette label based in wedding, berlin ~

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