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Raised By Swans http://www.myspace.com/raisedbyswans or raisedbyswans.com 

“Raised by Swans excel in creating gorgeous ambient soundscapes of heartbreaking indecision, hope against the odds, disillusionment, and dogged perseverance, bolstered by Eric Howden’s gently drifting vocals and Alex Wright’s scintillating guitar riffs. Songs that sound like the moment you realize that even though you never really liked him/her anyway and they have stupid hair, you’re still going to spend two weeks thinking about the streetlight you stopped and talked under at three in the morning and about how you’re sure no one else on the planet breathes the exact way the two of you do, but only when no one else is around. The band chose to open their set with the wistful “We Were Never Young”, that served to transport the audience to a place where voices speak softly and disappointment can still be beautiful, before picking up the pace with the jumping-into-cold-water shock of album stand-out “Hail of Arrows”. New favourites (“Old Fires”) and old favourites (“Sandcastles”) were played with the same level of perfection I’ve come to expect from my Raised by Swans CD the band: no hiccups, no screw ups, just pure audio bliss. The band concluded the set with “Violet Light”, the song that’s pretty much been everywhere (because it’s that good), and got the most cheers out of the audience. However, whether it was because it was Thursday or because of the venue, rabid music fans (me), were left to only dream of an encore. That said, it was a really awesome dream.” – muchmusic.com

http://www.myspace.com/meganhamilton or www.meganhamiltonmusic.com

Picture yourself on a swaying, creaking dock on a cool summer evening. Hear the splashes of water against the sides of the boats, the ropes clinking against the masts. A chilly breeze grazes your hair and you can See Your Midnight Breath in the Shipyard. This was the conceptual starting point for Megan Hamilton and co-producer Mark Vogelsang when creating their new album of the same name.

Megan was hailed as an Artist To Watch 2009 in the December 2008 edition of Exclaim!: “...expect Hamilton to start exploring new sonic territory on her next release.” And that is precisely what she and Mark have done.

Recorded late in the summer of 2008, See Your Midnight Breath in the Shipyard was laid down in the OIART studios in London, ON – an audio engineering school where Mark now teaches. When it came time to mixing, he says: “I wanted to know what it would sound like to place the album in different parts of a ship.” This kind of creative approach to his work is what has made Mark a sought-after, award-winning sound designer and teacher. Having designed sound for film, and a songwriter and composer himself, he researched the sonic qualities of several different rooms in ships to create a thematic, aural journey: “I spent a lot of time alone listening to ocean samples, metallic sounds, various audio takes recorded in cold climates, as well as studying sound characteristics of breathing in cold air, which ended up being the concept for developing the reverb for Megan’s vocals and certain background sounds.”

http://www.myspace.com/pinkmothmusic or pinkmoth.net

"When The Credits Roll" is a new 5 song EP recorded in a century old church on Annette St. in the Junction neighborhood of Toronto. A generous friend allowed me to move in and stay for a week, between sunday services. I slept on a couch at the bottom of the bell tower and worked from about noon till 4 am, when it would get serenely quiet.

There is real magic in these recordings; all natural reverb, grand piano, group vocals, strings and thundering drums. Distant guitars and voices from the altar. One hundred years of faith and fury, worship and joy, birth and death.

Many generous people helped to make this recording happen, as well as the ghosts and pigeons of the bell tower. 

Limited edition of 300 CD's in hand-silkscreened sleeve with textured paper fold-out insert.

"When The Credits Roll" is Volume 1 in the Records of Nature EP Series, six volumes to be released bi-monthly till February 2011.