Western Skies Motel
Western Skies Motel - Trails (2 x Vinyl LP) (Point Of Departure)
Format: 2 x Vinyl LP
Cat No: PODR005LP
Western Skies Motel, the instrumental solo project of Danish René Gonzalez Schelbeck, announces the release of ‘Trails’, his fourth album and first for The Point Of Departure Recording Company label.
The self-produced album was primarily recorded with Jakob Høyer, who shares a studio in Copenhagen with Trentemøller. Jakob also engineered and mixed the record and played drums on a couple of tracks.
A multi-instrumentalist, René played most of the instruments on ‘Trails’ - electric and acoustic guitars, some synth work and piano here and there, and the tape manipulations - with Leaf recording artist / composer Julia Kent (who has also played with Anohni and the Johnsons, Swans) providing cello, Nils Gröndahl (Under Byen) violin drones and Jens Hein bass.
Deeply meditative, the album’s warm, intricate textures are built around haunting guitar lines, tape loops and various drones. A profoundly immersive piece of art, ‘Trails’ shares the transportive characteristics of the finest film soundtracks, a record able to subtly and effortlessly evoke emotions of the listener.
TRACKLISTING:
1. Road
2. Stranded
3. Psalm
4. Lullaby
5. Caravan
6. Nightfall
7. All is Gone
8. Windswept
9. Fountain
10. Fragment
11. Black Desert
12. Coda
