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Ruth Goller
skylla
(( photo by Pedro Velasco ))
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Ruth Goller
skylla
Vinyl LP shipping & available in stores
December 6th, 2024
skylla is the debut solo recording of Italian-born and London-based composer, bassist, and vocalist Ruth Goller. This album of otherworldly detuned bass harmonics and dense vocal arrangements was initially released in 2021 by longtime collaborator Bex Burch’s Vula Viel Records, and quickly went out of print. Since then Goller’s notoriety has only grown, and her follow-up record, SKYLLUMINA, was released by International Anthem in early 2024 and met with high praise.
skylla is the genesis of her sound, and it’s a sound that is hard to place. Listener’s could be convinced that these recordings came out of contexts as disparate as 80s Downtown NYC or some mysterious Bjork-adjacent project of the Icelandic 2010s. It’s hard to imagine a person making this music despite the fact that its elements are instantly recognizable.
Retail Locations
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EU/UK store listings to be added soon.
Akron, OH - Square Records
Austin, TX - Waterloo
Berkeley, CA - Amoeba Music Berkeley
Bloomington, IN - Landlocked Music
Boise, ID - Record Exchange
Burnaby, BC - Rick Roll Records
Calgary, AB - Blackbyrd Myoozik
Chicago, IL - Dusty Groove
Chicago, IL - Reckless Records (Belmont)
Chicago, IL - Reckless Records (Loop)
Chicago, IL - Reckless Records (Wicker Park)
Chicago, IL - 606 Records
Cincinnati, OH - Shake It
Davenport, IA - Ragged Records
Dayton, OH - Omega Music
Denver, CO - Twist & Shout
Denver, CO - Wax Trax
Durham, NC - Bull City Records
Edmonton, AB - Blackbyrd Myoozik
Edmonton, AB - Listen Records
Grand Rapids, MI - Vertigo Music
Iowa City, IA - Record Collector
Kansas City, MO - Mills Record Company
Los Angeles, CA - Amoeba Music Hollywood
Loveland, OH - Plaid Room Records
Minneapolis, MN - Electric Fetus
Montreal, QC - Atom Heart
Oak Park, MI - Street Corner Music
Opelika, AL - 10,000 Hz Records
Ottawa, ON - Birdman Sound
Oxford, MS - The End of All Music
Portland, OR - Music Millennium
San Diego, CA - Folk Arts Rare Records
San Francisco, CA - Amoeba Music SF
San Francisco, CA - Stranded Music
Seattle, WA - Light In The Attic Record Shop
Seattle, WA - Sonic Boom Records
Somerville, MA - Vinyl Index
St. Paul, MN - Cheapo Discs
St. Louis, MO - Euclid Records
Toronto, ON - Sonic Boom
Vancouver, BC - Audiopile Records
Wallingford, CT - Redscroll Records
Selected Press
Notes
All music written and recorded by Ruth Goller.
Electric bass, double bass and vocals on all tracks by Ruth Goller.
Vocals on tracks 3,5,6 by Alice Grant
Vocals on tracks 4,6,7 by Lauren Kinsella
Produced and mixed by Kit Downes
Mastered by Tyler McDiarmid
Artwork by Paula Rae Gibson
Design by Pedro Velasco
Reissue design by Craig Hansen
This record is dedicated to my father Paul Goller.
Originally released by Vula Viel Records (VVLP004) July 9, 2021
Thank you:
Kit Downes, Alice Grant and Lauren Kinsella, Bex Burch, Pedro Velasco, Paula Rae Gibson, Barbara Goller, Max de Wardener and Sebastian Rochford for his poem.
About Ruth Goller
Ruth Goller is a London-based bassist, vocalist, composer, environmentalist and solo artist.