Joy Von Spain – Scry Recordings

Epos Nemo Latrocinium Iter Itineris III cover / Peter Keller: Sartorical Question

Coming soon from Scry Recordings: EPOS NEMO LATROCINIUM: ITER ITINERIS III (ft. Tatsuya Nakatani, Casey Chittenden Jones, Joy Von Spain)

December 3, 2017 by Joy Von Spain

Coming Soon: EPOS NEMO LATROCINIUM: ITER ITINERIS III

The third in the series of albums by ensemble EPOS NEMO LATROCINIUM features guest master percussionist and composer TATSUYA NAKATANI. Brought together by veteran Seattle electronic and experimental artist Casey Chittenden Jones (noisepoetnobody), the ensemble has previously included violinist Tom Swafford, percussionist Dean Moore, and pianist & vocalist Joy Von Spain. This new work features Nakatani, Jones, and Von Spain in selections recorded by Doug Haire at the Jack Straw Cultural Center.

ENL previously released two full-length albums in the series, recorded at Khaos Studios in Seattle. After each recording, the group performed a live improvisation at the Good Shepherd Center Chapel as part of the Wayward Music Series with percussion, voice, electronics, stringboard, violin, and prepared piano.

More information about Nakatani’s work and upcoming tour dates may be found here: http://www.hhproduction.org

Artwork: “Satorical Question” by Peter Keller.

To End It All - live at the Highline Bar Seattle 2017 / photography by Wade Risteen

To End It All – live review by Andrew Buchanan-Carter

July 9, 2017 by Joy Von Spain

To End It All’s spirit tree: The Boswellia. Deep in the heart of a dry place exists a certain tree. Branches of odd beauty grow out from something ominous and overshadowing. At the base of this organic structure the ritualistic denouncing of vile forms can be heard, marking a descent into the scornful damning of plagued souls. These words loom heavy above the troubled rumble of claustrophobic power electronics dirges which are the blackened roots of this hardened mass. Recalls Plague Mass-era Diamanda Galas by way of industrial doom as if a conduit for agony and disgust. The wretched are cursed and spat upon. The end result is something assaulting and confrontational punctuated by moments of lulling sonic solitude. This is the music of troubled land; a desolate soundscape where damned souls are banished.

Andrew Buchanan-Carter (live review)