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Maston
Tulips
Be With Records (BEWITH087LP)
Release date: Jun 18, 2020, US
๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ฃโ๐จ ๐๐ช๐ก๐๐ฅ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐จ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ก๐-๐ง๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ก๐ข ๐จ๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ข๐๐๐. ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐ ๐จ๐ช๐ฅ๐๐ง-๐ก๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ก๐-๐ง๐๐ก๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ค๐จ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฃ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ณ, ๐๐ช๐ก๐๐ฅ๐จ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐จ๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ-๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง.
Be With were introduced to Maston by mutual friends Aquarium Drunkard and it didnโt take long before we decided this modern classic deserved a reissue.
Inspired by the deep-grooving soundtracks of Italian cinema - think Morricone, Umiliani and Alessandroni - Maston conceived the entire Tulips project as a continuation of these revered works. Frank designed the artwork and made two 16mm films to accompany the music: โIt wasnโt just the LPโฆ it was kind of a whole vibe I was trying to create. Not really trying to emulate the things that influenced me but more trying to make something that could sit alongside those records on a shelf. Iโm still very proud of the project.โ
Thereโs a distinct library music feel too, with wiry organ, spacey keyboards and loping 60s guitar hinting at KPM and DeWolfe. Like the best library music, Tulips creates a cinematic universe through sound alone, evoking moving images in the listenerโs technicolour imagination. It turns out that was accidentally on purpose: โI was discovering a lot of library music for the first timeโฆ listening to a composerโs entire catalog or finding all this obscure stuff. I wasnโt entirely conscious of the influence until I started making this music and realized I was channeling the vibe. Thatโs when I began focusing more on weaving melodic themes throughout the record to make it function more like a soundtrackโ.
A1
Swans
A2
New Danger
A3
Old Habits
A4
Chase Theme Nยบ 1
A5
Infinite Bliss
A6
Evening
B1
Rain Dance
B2
Sure Thing
B3
Garรงon Manquรฉ
B4
Turning In
B5
Chase Theme Nยบ 2
B6
Hues






