A conversation with Mr. Gourley about the making of ‘Murals For Immersion’.
Chaos Control Interview
ambient music
What They are saying about Murals
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MURALS FOR IMMERSION OUT NOW
‘Murals For Immersion’ is Kenneth James Gibson’s 6th ambient outing under his given name, this time around collaborating with saxophonist Paul Carman who played and recorded with Frank Zappa in what Zappa called The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life.
In late 2022, Gibson and Carman started getting together at Gibson’s Idyllwild studio, laying down tons of Saxophone sounds – layers of drones, melody lines, and off kilter noises. Gibson processed, sculpted, and arranged these sounds into full fledged pieces of music. Although the original idea was to make a 100% pure Saxophone based album, sub-heavy Moog Prodigy bass swells were added to fill out the lower end of the spectrum. From this process we give you the aptly titled ‘Murals For Immersion’.
Murals For Immersion pre-order
‘Finding New Language’ is now streaming! Listen & Pre-Order album HERE.
Finding New Language
Texas Insanity
I did a fun little interview with Perfect Sound Forever discussing Furry Things, Austin in the 90’s, Butthole Surfers, and my upcoming musical activities.
Further Translations Out now
Remixes by Brian McBride, Christopher Willits, Jack Dangers, Awakened Souls, Chuck Johnson, Less Bells, Scanner, Konstantin Gabbro, and Kenneth James Gibson. Out now on all platforms + limited CD in fine record stores worldwide & Bandcamp.
Headphone Commute
Nice feature on Brian’s remix of ‘Far From Home’ at Headphone Commute.
Los Angeles Record release show
Nov. 17th is the ‘Further Translations’ record release show in LA put on by @latebreakfastla at @2220arts. On the bill is @awakenedsoulsmusic, @xoxocyane, and myself. I’ll be performing music from albums The Evening Falls, In The Fields Of Nothing, and Groundskeeping. My friends @lessbellsmusic will be backing me up with strings & additional sonic landscaping. It’s gonna be a helluva night and I hope you all can put it on your calendar and make it out!
Further translations pre-order
‘Further Translations’ is a remix album featuring some of my favorite artists and friends and it’s out on Meadows Heavy Recorders on November 10, 2023 on limited CD & Digital platforms. The album features remixes by Awakened Souls, Jack Dangers, Christopher Willits, Chuck Johnson, Less Bells, Scanner, Konstantin Gabbro, myself and my very good friend Brian McBride who sadly passed away not too long after he did his beautiful mix. This album is dedicated to BMcB.
Both the digital Bandcamp album & CD have exclusive bonus tracks. You can Pre-Order the album HERE.
Art & design by Cynthia Bernard AKA Marine Eyes.
Christopher Willits Poured Remix
Christopher @willits remix of ‘Poured Semi Silently Upon You’ is out now on all platforms via Meadows Heavy Recorders This is the last single of my upcoming remix album titled ‘Further Translations’. If you pre-order the album (Digital / CD) through my Bandcamp store you get an immediate download of Christopher’s remix as well as the first 3 remix singles. There’s bonus music on both the Bandcamp digital download & CD.
PRE-ORDER ‘FURTHER TRANSLATIONS’
Foxy Digitalis Poured Premiere
Chuck Johnson rework
The wonderful folks at @sun13music are premiering @chuckjohnsonmusic’s remix of “The Groundskeeper” which is out now on @bandcamp and everywhere else Friday! This is another piece of my upcoming remix album due this summer.
Positive Feedback
Some positive words about “Groundskeeping” from Positive Feedback.
Sun 13
The fine folks at Sun 13 are running a lengthy interview feature & download of an exclusive track titled “On A Fabricated Whim (She Left Him For Dead)” – which is only available there.
Ssih Mountain
My new album “Ssih Mountain” is out now on Meadows Heavy Recorders. It’s available on all digital platforms + limited cassette. The cassette contains 2 bonus tracks: A 12 minute extended version of “A Telepathic Reaction” and a tune titled “Lonely Indecision”. The latter is also available as an album-only bonus on Bandcamp. Cover paintings by my father James B. Gibson.
I hope you enjoy the sounds. Listen & Buy HERE
Mars Will Send No More
Review of upcoming LP “Ssih Mountain”.
Small Triumphs Remix
Sandra Leans Toward Eternity
I have a new piece of music titled “Sandra Leans Toward Eternity” out now on all platforms. This is from an upcoming EP titled “Ssih Mountain” out later this year consisting mainly of guitar based ambient textures. The artwork is a portrait of my great-grandmother (who died of the Spanish Flu in 1918) and grandfather painted by my father James B. Gibson. I hope you enjoy the sounds. LISTEN HERE
Dublab set
I had the recent pleasure of doing a DJ mix for Dublab with some of my favorite ambient and experimental selections. Click the photo for link.
