C. Spencer Yeh — violinist, vocal contortionist, and avant-garde mastermind behind Burning Star Core — has a new CD coming out, unsurprisingly for an artist with such a deep and constant discography. 1975 is finally officially released this month in an edition of 500 through Intransitive Recordings, and the prolific Yeh describes the album as like nothing anyone has heard from him before.
According to Yeh, “One thing is I really wanted to focus on a certain feeling of stasis. So much of what else I do just kinda pushes and pushes forward. 1975 is more vertical than horizontal, even though one can’t escape the horizontal completely.”
1975 is unlike the noisy cacophony of Burning Star Core, unlike his previous violin improvisations, and far from his recent foray into pop music on De Stijl. The record achieves a new sensual sense of ambience unheard on Yeh’s other projects while still maintaining some recognizable trademark elements. For those of you that follow Yeh’s many live performances throughout New York, much of this material will sound properly in place to his recent directions. And of course, the album features some incredible tracks of Yeh’s signature voice manipulations. Look for it soon.
• C. Spencer Yeh: http://www.dronedisco.com
• Intransitive: http://www.intransitiverecordings.com