Ahhhh so the first PCRC release is a very very dear one to me.
This is actually the first Magic Apron record, quickly created in my bedroom throughout four days from a week in January 2007.
My external environment at the time was cold and kind of dark when I had what I would call a musical breakthrough in the method by which I craft pieces.
These sounds were spawned accidentally while in preparation for what was to become 'Orphan Harmony' amidst a warm flurry of inspiration and improvisation.
I had no map for this record when it happened, I simply found myself disappearing in a total act of surrender into sonic wilderness.
To date this is the record I am most proud of, for reasons personal and somewhat sentimental.
At the time I held back from releasing this because of the album I would record with New Street 3-4 months later.
Initially I felt I'd just wait a few months and then have it out in the late summer/fall but then 2007 happened.
In hindsight this was a mistake as
a) I should've had jano out first to help reference the extremes of musical territory I was/am wishing to charter under this moniker (JANO and Orphan Harmony were envisioned as sibling records)
b) In doing so, it would have cleared a lot of confusion as to what Magic Apron 'is'...
c) Because of not doing so I am just now ready to let it go/release it 42 months after I made it!..
oh and...
d) Because I think it's really gooood!!! haha
Initially I felt I'd just wait a few months and then have it out in the late summer/fall but then 2007 happened.
In hindsight this was a mistake as
a) I should've had jano out first to help reference the extremes of musical territory I was/am wishing to charter under this moniker (JANO and Orphan Harmony were envisioned as sibling records)
b) In doing so, it would have cleared a lot of confusion as to what Magic Apron 'is'...
c) Because of not doing so I am just now ready to let it go/release it 42 months after I made it!..
oh and...
d) Because I think it's really gooood!!! haha
Oh well.
Things happened the way they were suppose to and I find myself here and thrilled to share this with you now.
As I birthed Jano a lot of it was simply with a number sequence/pattern or shape in mind and a lot of what was happening musically didn't make a whole lot of sense to me...but I did like how it was all sounding and how it made me feel while listening to it and after listening to it!
And now, years after, I love it even more and I really understand more of what was being said by the music.
For me, this record represents a door to a womb of sorts.
And this womb possesses a sense of travel, a mirror, an elixir, a prophecy, a home and a hinterland.
Things happened the way they were suppose to and I find myself here and thrilled to share this with you now.
As I birthed Jano a lot of it was simply with a number sequence/pattern or shape in mind and a lot of what was happening musically didn't make a whole lot of sense to me...but I did like how it was all sounding and how it made me feel while listening to it and after listening to it!
And now, years after, I love it even more and I really understand more of what was being said by the music.
For me, this record represents a door to a womb of sorts.
And this womb possesses a sense of travel, a mirror, an elixir, a prophecy, a home and a hinterland.
For the cover and artwork, I would like to thank very very much Miss Madeline Polites who made what I feel to be the perfect visual companion for the album. I love it!
So here is the first of five musical gifts I give to you, I do hope you enjoy what you hear.
xo
-Dayvid
JANO tracklisting:
1. i ran away into the forest (20:12)
2. may you catch me quick (2:48)
3. judyfingerbranch (3:07)
4. peppermint children (3:41)
5. goss (2:22)
6. and flowers flew out his skull (4:30)
All music written, performed, recorded by David McClung.
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