Centres

Description

‘Centres’ is the stunning 2016 album from Vancouver-based vocalist/composer Ian William Craig, and his first release for FatCat Records. Craig is a trained operatic vocalist who combines his voice with analogue synthesizers, reel-to-reel machines, and faulty tape decks to create sublime cascades of unpredictable decay and beauty. Though classically trained and grounded in the choral tradition, Craig’s early albums were centered significantly around the piano, with his voice merely a marginal presence. But in recent years his practice has come to focus increasingly around his powerful voice, as can be witnessed on ‘Centres’.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. Contain (Astoria Version) – Ian William Craig
2. A Single Hope – Ian William Craig
3. Drifting to Void On All Sides – Ian William Craig
4. The Nearness – Ian William Craig
5. Set to Lapse – Ian William Craig
6. Power Colour Spirit Animal – Ian William Craig
7. Arrive, Arrive – Ian William Craig
8. A Circle Without Having to Curve – Ian William Craig
9. An Ocean Only You Could See – Ian William Craig
10. Purpose (Is No Country) – Ian William Craig
11. It Need Not Be Hopeless – Ian William Craig
12. Innermost – Ian William Craig
13. Contain (Cedar Version) – Ian William Craig