DECISIONS is proud to announce its second release: Empty Gallery EP by waterhouse, a Melbourne based producer, DJ and vocalist. The EP spans 3 years of waterhouse productions (2013-2015), charting a sonic emergence suffused with spatial, textural and emotional complexity.
The EP opens with ‘Breathless’, a heady rush of ambience, shimmering cymbals and field recorded textures. ‘A Little Sheep’ follows, progressively immersing the listener in accumulating layers of vocal melodies. On ‘3415’ rapturous choral textures encircle delayed claps and a reverb-drenched kick drum to form the most urgently rhythmic cut on the record. Side A ends with title track ‘Empty Gallery’, in which an intricate constellation of strings, pads, rumbling sub frequencies and brusquely dry percussion meet lyrics confronting life after loss.
‘Empty Room’ begins the B side, a gentle miasma of sound breathing to an 808 kick that dissolves into a haunting vocal refrain. ‘Untitled 2 (12:48am)’ builds a cathedral of bells, concrete percussion and deeply resonant drums to house a barely discernable vocal. waterhouse’s alchemical ability to turn raw material into something sublime is illustrated on ‘Broken Violin (afternoon recording)’ in which snippets of detuned violin and vocal improvisation entwine. ‘Song For A Prince In Exile’ closes the EP with a bubbling slab of ambience that is steadily subsumed by searing distortion. As if cauterising an open wound, it dramatically marks both an ending and a beginning. -Traxsource