Salutations (RSD 2022, Ltd to 600, Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl) [Vinyl]

曾被 Billboard 在 2011 年評為美國 50 大獨立唱片公司之一的實驗電子廠牌 RVNG Intl 去年與知名動畫頻道 [adult swim] 合作了一張集結 Visible Cloaks、Satomimagae、Dialect、 Emily A. Sprague 等... 優秀實驗電子、環境、New Age 音樂人的合輯《Salutations》，當時在疫情期間就像是份溫暖的禮物。

今年的 Record Store Day，RVNG Intl 延續了這個計畫，發行了《Salutations》實體黑膠版本，並以以透明的可樂玻璃瓶色呈現，昨天剛上架就被帶走一張，現貨剩一，是實驗電子樂迷今年必須入手的佳作。

Adult Swim and RVNG Intl. Salutations inaugurates a series of meetings, greetings, group assemblies and exercises along the invisible plane created through correspondence.

The question of how similar we are arises in the simple form of contact, and how we choose to embrace the potential of that moment and one another. Through correspondence, we connect, communicate, and form community. At first, correspondents with one another, and through the processes of collaboration and transmission, we correspond to parallel and intersecting collective cores.

This eternal network, undoubtedly informed (consciously or subconsciously) by some celestial or spiritual force, becomes a portal to practice social responsibility and an access point to a wider, inclusive universe of information. In turn, the network becomes a human phenomenon, as well as a potent demonstration of art and collectivism. As the world heals, and evolves through future changes, having this network in place provides a vessel to and grow/glow beyond our corporeal state.

Salutations features twelve pieces of new music from artists near and dear to RVNG sphere, including Isik Kural, Satomimagae, vhvl, Visible Cloaks, Sign Libra, Dialect, Batu, Anna Homler, Diatom Deli, Emily A. Sprague, Rachika Nayar and Nina Keith, and Wayne Phoenix. The compilation was first shared by Adult Swim on Wednesday, September 15, with a wider release the following day. This RSD 2022 release marks its first pressing on vinyl.

SIDE A
1 Timelapse passionflower
2 Forlorn
3 window poem
4 Dots
5 cantadito
6 Shell One
7 there is a dream of you
8 Arcoíris
9 Untitled (morning)
10 Pi
11 nice to see you joyous
12 BeeOh
13 it regenerates each night
14 Face of the Lake

SIDE B
1 high ways (desert poem)
2 Bounding / Missive from the Teacup Galaxy
3 Untitled (salt)
4 Tranquilo
5 Twin Flame
6 Silken Pt. 2.1
7 Untitled (night buzzes)
8 In the Memory Room
9 whiplash portal
10 Living is the answer to the question that is asked by being alive
11 Sunken Meadow Park II