Greg Haines - Where We Were

WHERE WE WERE", the new album from GREG HAINES, may come as a surprise upon first listen. The cascading strings that played such an important role in his prior work have disappeared, and in there place are intricate layers of tape-worn synthesizers. Any recordings of piano have been transformed and affected until their sound is at times barely recognizable- often "out-of time" or "out-of-tune", but always adding another dimension to the hazy, analog world of sound, the rhythmically-driven tracks recall at times the deployment on open-minded dancefloors. Although taking a year to complete, the nature of this record is born in its spontaneity and impulsiveness. This hand-crafted approach led to almost everything being constructed in the old-fashioned way; not with mouse-clicks, but with two hands moving dials and everything running to an aged tape machine. Mixed and mastered together with NILS FRAHM at his Durton Studio, Berlin. The experiments in dub conducted by the likes of KING TUBBY or LEE PERRY and continued by the likes of RHYTHM & SOUND had a profound effect, as did the iconic work of TONY ALLEN and other African composers. The spaced-out soundscapes found on early TANGERINE DREAM and KLAUS SCHULTZE had always had a subtle influence on Greg's work, but now armed with an arsenal of dusty studio toys, those sounds became warmer, richer and more prominent. In line with Greg's new album Denovali Records will release his first three albums "SLUMBER TIDES", "UNTIL THE POINT OF HUSHED SUPPORT" and "DIGRESSIONS" as a limited 5xLp collector's box and as a 3xCd, both with a completely new artwork. These albums can now be seen as a wholesome introduction to a composer who is sure to keep surprising us in the years to come. Style: Ambient