Sign libra returns today with “Daybreak.” The second single from the forthcoming album Hidden Beauty arrives accompanied by a video directed by Yuri Grasevich and Philip Ananyev that chases the spirit and aesthetic of early era role-playing video games.
Today we share “Act IV: Death and the Dawn,” the concluding movement in Tristan Allen’s Tin Iso and the Dawn, an epiphanic, four-part journey composed and constructed by the New York based artist through music and shadow puppetry.
Formative experiences by way of travel through Asia, studies in Gamelan, a paper mache Christmas angel, and their dad’s Bread and Puppet Theater artifacts formed a web of inspiration from which Tristan’s desire to combine puppetry and their fascination for the narrative power of instrumental music emerged. Years of synchronistic inspirational encounters with “guardian angels” in the form of music mentors and puppeteer masters incentivized Tristan to pursue a project where they could focus on sound and diverse instrumentation.
If you happen to be in Philadelphia for the Making Time ∞ festival this weekend, Tristan performs on Saturday, September 23. We’ll celebrate the release of Tin Iso and the Dawn on Friday, October 20 at Public Records in Brooklyn, NY. More information here.
Not only a profoundly personal and vulnerable expression unbound by an exploration of creative potential and mystery, but a bridge beyond the artificial boundaries that separates us from an unfiltered voice found within all.
m. sage, dialect, and diatom deli anchor the second event in a week long sprint celebrating where we are now + where we are headed at rvng, next thursday, september 21 at a secret location in greenpoint, brooklyn. good friend of the label / of all kg will dj before the live sets, rvng will present sounds (dj) after. this is a limited capacity event in a very special space, so we recommend rsvp’ing sooner than sorrier: https://www.lightandsound.design/rvng
we’re just a week out from a few events celebrating where we are + where we’re going here at rvng ⬇️➡️ kate nv, ka baird, and diatom deli form the foundation for a not-to-be-missed first night at the new knitting factory nyc on avenue a next wednesday, 9/20. tickets available here.
