Rosy Parlanetag:,2008:/72008-07-01T17:31:39ZRosy Parlane is a musician from New Zealand who began playing music with the avant-garde rock trio Thela. Thela released two cds, 'Eponymous' and 'Argentina' on the label Ecstatic Peace! He subsequently began working with abstract electronic based music, both as a solo artist and as Parmentier with fellow Thela collaborator, Dion Workman. His full and intricate soundscapes are comprised of of sample-loops, pianos, guitars, and field recordings manipulated via digital means. Parlane has released two solo albums on Sigma Editions, and a collaboration with Christian Fennesz on the Australian label, Synaesthesia ['Live', SYN001]
He currently lives in Auckland with his family.Movable Type 3.35Subsonictag:www.rosyparlane.com,2008://7.14982008-07-01T17:27:50Z2008-07-01T17:31:39Zrosy parlane's Iris [Touch # TO:58, 2004] is being played on rotation inside "the bunker" at the christchurch city art gallery (nz) until mid july more info can be found here...Fieldwww.field.nu
Iris [Touch # TO:58, 2004] is being played on rotation inside "the bunker" at the christchurch city art gallery (nz) until mid july
more info can be found here ]]>
Rosy Parlane | Live Datestag:www.rosyparlane.com,2008://7.1672008-02-09T09:35:18Z2008-04-01T06:35:08ZFriday March 28th 2008 Plains @ The Wine Cellar (First show since June 2007) Auckland, New Zealand Thursday April 3rd 2008 @ Qwartz Awards Black venue: Maison des Métallos, rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, Paris 75011 (Metro Couronne), France Sunday April 6th...Fieldwww.field.nu
Friday March 28th 2008
Plains @ The Wine Cellar (First show since June 2007)
Auckland, New Zealand
Thursday April 3rd 2008
@ Qwartz Awards
Black venue: Maison des Métallos, rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, Paris 75011 (Metro Couronne), France
Sunday April 6th 2008
@ Catch
22 Kingsland Rd, Shoreditch E2 8DA, London, UK
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Rosy Parlane | Live in Brisbane, Australia, October 2007tag:www.rosyparlane.com,2008://7.1632008-01-31T09:40:52Z2008-01-31T15:19:14Z pic: rachel cobcroft...Fieldwww.field.nu
pic: rachel cobcroft]]>
Colette No. 9tag:www.rosyparlane.com,2008://7.1652008-01-30T13:38:57Z2008-01-31T13:44:19ZRosy Parlane's track, 'Atlantis', which appeared on Touch 25 [Touch # Tone 25, 2006], has been licensed to Colette for their forthcoming CD, the 9th in the series....Fieldwww.field.nu
Touch 25 [Touch # Tone 25, 2006], has been licensed to Colette for their forthcoming CD, the 9th in the series.]]>
Touch | Publishing & Licensingtag:www.rosyparlane.com,2007:/new//7.282007-08-14T13:22:27Z2008-03-02T12:46:53ZRosy Parlane is exclusively published by Touch Music [MCPS]. His work is also released on Touch, one of the most influential independent labels based in the UK [founded 1981/2]....Fieldwww.field.nu
Touch Music [MCPS]. His work is also released on Touch, one of the most influential independent labels based in the UK [founded 1981/2]. ]]>
Discography & Reviewstag:www.rosyparlane.com,2007:/new//7.262007-07-14T12:53:36Z2008-02-09T09:37:15ZHere are Rosy Parlane's releases with the titles linked to the relevent page in the TouchShop. Reviews of all of Rosy Parlane's releases can be read here...Fieldwww.field.nu
TouchShop. Reviews of all of Rosy Parlane's releases can be read here]]>
Jessamine
[Touch # TO:68, 2006]
CD - 3 tracks
Rosy Parlane [NZ]'s previous album for Touch, 'Iris' [2004] was hailed as a masterpiece by The Red Hot Chilli Peppers guitarist, John Frusciante, who wrote: "...it’s such an incredible, beautiful energy inside of it that to me, it sounds like listening to a great pop record or a great rock record or a great classical record or whatever."
Jim Haynes in The Wire wrote: "Jon Wozencroft's impeccable photography and design packages Rosy Parlane's 'Iris' inside a predominantly blue package, inextricably linking the music to the emotional resonance of the colour... He flushes his soundfields with cascades of digital fragments which he separates into two distinct compositional categories. On the one hand, Parlane stretches sounds from guitar, piano and organ into unrecognisable drones that swell into dense layerings, every once in a while coalescing into fluttering half-melodies. On the other, he emphasises the textural qualities of those digital fragments, simulating the natural acoustics of ice crackling from trees in winter or the gentle patter of rain on a windowsill. When fusing these together by placing the textures against the backdrop of the drone, Parlane effectively builds pointillist sound environments with a profoundly human melancholia."
With 'Jessamine', Rosy develops these themes, and continues to incorporate new musical elements from unconventional as well as orchestral instrumentation. To him, everything is an instrument: from household objects to nature sounds, thus placing him firmly at the centre of the avant-garde. But it is the human element, as with all Touch artists, which gives his work such a distinctive sound. Ranging from ambient to noise, he gives full rein to textures of living; to start, languid and mournful; later harsh and assertive.
'Jessamine' is a magnificent follow-up to a classic Touch debut.
Iris
[Touch # TO:58, 2004]
CD - 3 tracks
Rosy Parlane is a musician from New Zealand who began playing music with the avant-garde rock trio Thela. Thela released two cds, 'Eponymous' and 'Argentina' on the label Ecstatic Peace! He subsequently began working with abstract electronic based music, both as a solo artist and as Parmentier with fellow Thela collaborator, Dion Workman. His full and intricate soundscapes are comprised of of sample-loops, pianos, guitars, and field recordings manipulated via digital means. Parlane has released two solo albums on Sigma Editions, and a collaboration with Christian Fennesz on the Australian label, Synaesthesia ['Live', SYN001]
'Iris' is the result of a concentrated period of activity and artistic development that will introduce Rosy Parlane to an audience hungry for innovative music. He both challenges and invigorates the current bias towards immersive sound, without ever losing sight of the human touch.
Other Releases:
Getxo [Sigma Editions, UK 2002] CD
The Peetoom Files [Tonschacht, Germany 2001] 7"
#1-4 [Sigma Editions, UK 1998] CD]]>
Biography & Photostag:www.rosyparlane.com,2007:/new//7.292007-06-14T13:23:18Z2008-02-09T12:05:27ZRosy Parlane is a musician from New Zealand who began playing music with the avant-garde rock trio Thela. Thela released two cds, 'Eponymous' and 'Argentina' on the label Ecstatic Peace! He subsequently began working with abstract electronic based music, both...Fieldwww.field.nu
Rosy Parlane is a musician from New Zealand who began playing music with the avant-garde rock trio Thela. Thela released two cds, 'Eponymous' and 'Argentina' on the label Ecstatic Peace! He subsequently began working with abstract electronic based music, both as a solo artist and as Parmentier with fellow Thela collaborator, Dion Workman. His full and intricate soundscapes are comprised of of sample-loops, pianos, guitars, and field recordings manipulated via digital means. Parlane has released two solo albums on Sigma Editions, and a collaboration with Christian Fennesz on the Australian label, Synaesthesia ['Live', SYN001]
He currently lives in Auckland with his family.
Rosy Parlane is a musician from New Zealand who began playing music with the avant-garde rock trio Thela. Thela released two cds, 'Eponymous' and 'Argentina' on the label Ecstatic Peace! He subsequently began working with abstract electronic based music, both as a solo artist and as Parmentier with fellow Thela collaborator, Dion Workman. His full and intricate soundscapes are comprised of of sample-loops, pianos, guitars, and field recordings manipulated via digital means. Parlane has released two solo albums on Sigma Editions, and a collaboration with Christian Fennesz on the Australian label, Synaesthesia ['Live', SYN001]
He has two solo albums out on Touch: Iris [Touch # TO:58, 2003] and Jessamine [Touch # TO:68, 2006]. More info can be found in the discog section of this site.
He currently lives in Auckland with his family.
Photos
1. Playing Marcel Bear's shimshaws, Auckland 2005
2. Sydney 1997 [1st solo performance]
3. Sydney November 2004
4. Dunedin October 2004
5. London October 2006
6. Sydney May 2003
7. York October 2006
8. Auckland January 2005
9. Australia January 2005]]>
Features & Press Coveragetag:www.rosyparlane.com,2007:/new//7.302007-05-14T13:31:44Z2007-08-14T15:31:10ZReviews Reviews of CDs and other releases can be found in the main Touch review section, which can be found here...Fieldwww.field.nu
Reviews
Reviews of CDs and other releases can be found in the main Touch review section, which can be found here]]>
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Iris
[Touch # TO:58, 2004]
CD - 3 tracks
Rosy Parlane is a musician from New Zealand who began playing music with the avant-garde rock trio Thela. Thela released two cds, 'Eponymous' and 'Argentina' on the label Ecstatic Peace! He subsequently began working with abstract electronic based music, both as a solo artist and as Parmentier with fellow Thela collaborator, Dion Workman. His full and intricate soundscapes are comprised of of sample-loops, pianos, guitars, and field recordings manipulated via digital means. Parlane has released two solo albums on Sigma Editions, and a collaboration with Christian Fennesz on the Australian label, Synaesthesia ['Live', SYN001]
'Iris' is the result of a concentrated period of activity and artistic development that will introduce Rosy Parlane to an audience hungry for innovative music. He both challenges and invigorates the current bias towards immersive sound, without ever losing sight of the human touch.
Other Releases:
Getxo [Sigma Editions, UK 2002] CD
The Peetoom Files [Tonschacht, Germany 2001] 7"
#1-4 [Sigma Editions, UK 1998] CD]]>
1. Playing Marcel Bear's shimshaws, Auckland 2005
2. Sydney 1997 [1st solo performance]
3. Sydney November 2004
4. Dunedin October 2004
5. London October 2006
6. Sydney May 2003
7. York October 2006
8. Auckland January 2005
9. Australia January 2005]]>