Centres’ is the new album from Vancouver-based vocalist / composer Ian William Craig, and his first release for FatCat’s 130701 imprint, his ninth full length album, the majority of which were self-released digitally or in limited cassette edition.
This is his bio from his label:
“Craig is a trained operatic vocalist who combines his voice with analogue synthesizers, reel-to-reel machines, and faulty tape decks to create sublime cascades of unpredictable decay and beauty. His music engages with the operatic and orchestral, submerging them under a shifting palette of vocal improvisations, analogue tape hiss and billowing clouds of erasure. Originally from Edmonton, he began playing live under his own name in 2010 in Vancouver, where he currently works at the University of British Columbia running the printmaking studio for the fine arts department. Though classically trained and grounded in the choral tradition, Craig’s early albums were concentrated predominantly around the piano, with his voice merely a marginal presence. In recent years, however, his practice has come to focus increasingly around his powerful voice, as can again be witnessed on ‘Centres’.”
Centres is released on Friday 8th of July. You can find more information here.
