artist:	loscil
title:	Sketches from New Brighton
catalog #:	krank171
formats available:	CD / 2xLP
Release Date:	September 10, 2012

From Scott Morgan: "This album gets its name from an odd little ocean side park that borders industry and the Vancouver port authority and lays claim to being the birthplace of the city.

"In a way, Sketches from New Brighton it is a continuation of a dialogue with my environment that started with First Narrows (kranky 2004) and continued with the Strathcona Variations EP (Ghostly International 2009). It is not a rigorous "study" per se, but more a series of sketches, loose interpretations of the spaces I inhabit as well as an acknowledgement of their influence on my practice. These are my impressions, a kind of sketch of New Brighton and the surrounding area in an abstract form."

This sixth full length album from kranky mainstay Scott Morgan sees his pulsing compositions gently unfolding in the understated fashion that has become his trademark. He designs a sonic architecture, slowly constructing, making subtle additions and subtractions, until an almost tactile virtual space is formed. Inside these spaces an aural feng shui is achieved, where less is more, where every element is in its place, and where maximum harmony is attained through the masterly placement of sound.

Songs:

1. Khanahmoot
2. Hastings Sunrise
3. Second Narrows
4. Container Ships
5. Coyote
6. Collision of the Pacific Gatherer
7. Cascadia Terminal
8. Fifth Anchor Span
9. Prairie Trains