Cass. - Friends on the staircase (excerpt)

Cass. / Dudal / Stijn Hüwels - Silent_Night#4: Dauw

Limited release of 55 C74 tapes out now on Genot Centre

A video for "Friends on the staircase" is sculpted by Linda Retterová

Released by Genot Centre in cooperation with Dauw

In January of this year, three titans of ambient joined forces for an all-night sleepover performance at our home base in Prague. This evening featured solo and collaborative performances by Dudal (leader of the excellent Dauw label), Stijn Huwels (leader of the excellent Slaapwel label) and rising star of ambient, Cass. “Silent_Night#4: Dauw” is a selection of recordings made during this intimate evening.

Cass. opens the album with a gently paced, dreamlike reflection suggesting a rich psychological depth underneath its harmonic sounds. Dudal continuous with two organic tracks, intersecting his guitar and kalimba with field recordings and electronics, creating a restrained, loose sound perfectly in line with the organic philosophy as preached by such artists as Marcus Fischer and Steven Roden. On the second side, Cass. returns and joins forces with Stijn Hüwels for a heavy-hearted mammoth collaboration. Cass. concludes the selection with a hair-raising track tied together by eerie synthetic string sounds.

Recorded at Ponec, Prague on 23rd & 24th January 2016 as part of Silent_Night#4.
Live sound engineered and recorded by Michal Sýkora.

Cover by Nikola Logosová & Femke

Cass.

Dudal

Stijn Hüwels