Alex Smalley


Music through patterns of energy.

Pausal – Sky Margin

Label: Own Records
Format: Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Country: Luxembourg
Genre: Ambient, Electronic
Year: September 11, 2013

︎︎︎ https://ownrecords.bandcamp.com/album/sky-margin
Pausal is the audio and visual art project of Alex Smalley and Simon Bainton, both from Hampshire, UK. "Sky Margin" continues their exploration of combining mostly acoustic sound sources (instruments, field and vinyl recordings) with digital and guitar pedal processing. Although somewhat lighter in tone than it's emphatic predecessor, it once again sees the drier and noisier textures rising to the forefront whilst retaining much of the reverb-heavy drone based elements that have consistently marked their work. They have performed across the UK and in Europe supporting artists such as Grouper, Mountains, Stars of the Lid, Chihei Hatakeyama and Greg Haines.

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