*announcing* IARC0078 Ruth Goller - SKYLLUMINA /// LP/CD/Digi Album out 3/1/24
*announcing* IARC0078
Ruth Goller
SKYLLUMINA
LP/CD/Digital Album out March 1st, 2024
Today, we are pleased to make our first new release announcement of the new year with this utterly beguiling music from a new artist on our label: London-based, Italian-born composer, bassist & vocalist Ruth Goller.
Some may recognize Ruth from her work with Alabaster DePlume, whose music she elevates in live contexts with her genre-less improvisational intuition. We first met Ruth via Bex Burch, whose label Vula Viel released her solo debut Skylla in 2021. And she is known to creative musicians far and wide, with an incredibly diverse CV that includes performance and recording with Shabaka Hutchings, Rokia Traore, Melt Yourself Down, Sam Amidon, Damon Albarn, and many many more.
((( photo by Pedro Velasco )))
Expanding on the wholly original sound Goller established with her solo work on Skylla โ i.e. compositions of detuned bass under a spectra of soprano voices she arranged and overdubbed herself โ SKYLLUMINA complicates matters as she augments every piece with a different drummer. โAs a bass-player, I love playing with drummers and I decided to focus on my close connection to that instrument and to the amazing people I met in my life who play it,โ says Goller. Her accompanists on the album include International Anthem labelmates Bex Burch, Tom Skinner, and Frank Rosaly, as well as prolific British player Sebastian Rochford, and longtime Vula Viel collaborator Jim Hart. But more importantly: this music is an immersive hyperfocus for Goller and her patently distinct, singular compositional vision.
Goller says: โThis record is deep insight into my soul and my recent life. Itโs coming through a meteor storm and grasping the first light... out of a very unexpected tumultuous time... there are feelings of grief, loss, hope, purest of love, connection to my home, death, and new configurations... as well as self-discovery.โ
โBelow my skinโ
The album's first single "Below my skin" features Tom Skinner on drums, and is out on all digital music platforms today. It also comes via a haunting video by Zak Waston, who casts Goller against bleak blue-hour landscapes in coastal England. It's a mesmeric entry point to the world of SKYLLUMINA.
((( photo by Zak Watson )))
Ruth Goller is a bassist, vocalist, composer, environmentalist, and solo artist who is one of the low-end pillars of UKโs creative music community. She came up as part of the beloved punk-jazz outfits Acoustic Ladyland and Melt Yourself Down, establishing herself as an in-demand bassist. Her credits speak to a malleable collaborative spirit and authoritative artistic instinct. Sheโs worked with everyone from modern jazz trailblazers like Sons Of Kemet, Marc Ribot, and Alabaster DePlume; veritable rock stars like Paul McCartney and Damon Albarn; and a startlingly diverse array of acclaimed songwriters, folk artist Sam Amidon, Malian singer Rokia Traorรฉ, and Serbian pianist Bojan Z.
Her 2021 album SKYLLA found Goller returning to the pure untaught instincts that drove her as a teen punk musician. She revels in exploratory uncertainty, undertaking fresh tunings for each improvised composition. As Goller puts it: โat that point muscle memory doesnโt work anymore so I have to trust my ear completely.โ
The Quietus described SKYLLA as โan entwining of bass and voice that feels like pure science fiction,โ while the BBC praised its โlush textures to bathe in.โ The Guardian commended her โrounded tone and springing attack that constantly underpins the musical shape and characterโ and summed it up as โa deep experience.โ ECM Reviews remarked that the album plumbed โan intimacy so deep it felt almost blasphemous to be privy to its wonders.โ
Ruth Goller - SKYLLUMINA
Tour Dates
4/18 - Bressanone, Italy at Dekadenz
4/24 - London, UK at TinTabernacle (UK album launch show)
4/28 - Bristol, UK at Bristol New Music Festival
5/17 & 18 - Moers, Germany at Moers Jazz Festival
5/29 - Brussels, Belgium at The Ancienne Belgique
7/24 - Sheffield, UK at Lescar
9/14 - Dorest, UK at Jamminaround Fest at Ancient Technology Centre
11/15 - Birmingham, UK at Hexagon Theatre/Midlands Art Centre
*Deluxe Vinyl Package*
*** Sunrise of Mine color vinyl ***
SKYLLUMINA comes on 140g Classic Black Vinyl inside a heavyweight jacket, with insert sheet, IARC OBI strip and dome patterned innersleeve. Pressed at Pallas in Germany with lacquers cut by Daniel K at SST.
And, as always, we have a limited edition color vinyl option for the first pressing only, available via our Bandcamp page only, which is 444 copies of *Sunrise of Mine* color vinyl.
*just announced*
Spring Mondo Bundle
A beautiful new bundle for a new season of new releases!
For the fervent, faithful collector of our output.
Starting with today's announcement, through mid April we will be announcing five (5) new albums - IARC0078 (Ruth Goller - SKYLLUMINA), IARC0081, IARC0079, IARC0076, and IARC0080 - that will be available on CD, classic black vinyl, and limited edition color vinyl. The Spring Mondo Bundle combines all five titles into a single, beautiful parcel. Save money on shipping (they all come at once, as opposed to five individual shipments) plus an additional 5.5% discount on the retail value of the albums as an extra *thank you* for your trust in us.
Order the Spring Mondo Bundle on limited edition color vinyl here.
Order the Spring Mondo Bundle on classic black vinyl here.
Order the Summer Mondo Bundle on compact disc here.
Distribution via RedEye for USA, Canada, North & South America
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Distribution via !K7 for Europe, UK, Australia, Japan, and ROW
This album will be distributed by our good friends at !K7 and their various territory partners in Europe, UK, Australia, Japan, and everywhere else in the world outside of North & South America.
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