Celer

A Loss

2009-07-09T09:33:00.000-07:00

Dear friends,

With great sadness I have to announce to you, our friends, that Dani passed away yesterday, July 8. On Tuesday morning I woke to find her unconscious, and not breathing. The medics were called, and she was revived, but fell directly into a coma and didn't wake up. She passed away yesterday at 3pm, with her family by her. All that is known to say why is that her heart stopped, for no foreseeable reason. The only relation is that her father died in the same way, of a cardiac arrest at the age of 29. She was 26.

Right now I don't know how to express the loss and sadness I feel, knowing that someone so ultimately close to me, and such an inspiration and friend to so many other people in the world is gone. All I can say is that she won't be forgotten, or pushed aside only because she's gone. She'll always be with me, as my inspiration, my love, my everything. All I can say is I miss her, every second.

Right now I won't be able to answer many emails, as there's only so much I can talk about this. Time will heal this, but I know the sadness will never go away. This, I'm ok with, as I never want to forget every way she changed my life, and touched my heart.

I appreciate all your support and love, and even though many of you only knew her through her poetry, or her music, I hope they are good memories. Enclosed is a favorite photo of her, taken at her beach, at home.

Also, here was her favorite quote:

'The Meaning is in the Wonder"
- Kenneth Patchen

Sincerely,

Will

Four Pieces/Three

2009-07-01T20:49:00.000-07:00

A new release from Smallfish! Really hope you all enjoy! Here is the press review:

"And so we reach the penultimate part of the Four Pieces series from Celer. Once again I'm absolutely thrilled to bringing this to you and I think that you're going to be as delighted and wowed as I was when I first heard it. Entitled Photophores this work is just as fluid and beautiful as the other parts but, to these ears, has the most classical feel. Certainly there's an almost orchestral lilt to the sound which carries on from part two by using a lightly discordant tone to convey a sense of darkness in the background, resonantly drifting over you. That said it plays wonderfully against the overall warmth, melancholy and uplifting feel that pervades every second of the piece. With a shimmering sound - which perfectly captures the idea of the title - it conjures up images of a distant heat haze and becomes a sublime 20 minute journey that's purely magical. Once again showing that they're in a league of their own when it comes to producing deeply gorgeous and atmospheric ambient music, Celer really do have their own unique sound - and for that we must cherish them. As always my heartfelt gratitude goes out to both Will & Dani for making this series possible and gracing Smallfish with such phenomenal music. Enjoy!" - Smallfish

Thank you always for your support! <3

R3MIXES

2009-05-29T16:26:00.001-07:00

We are very happy to have a remix included in this release by Electricwest, free for download on Archaic Horizon. It can be found here:

http://www.archaichorizon.com/releases/ah033/ah033.html

Many thanks for Patrick for including us.

KOEN PARK / COREY FULLER / KONNTINENT / JEREMY BIBLE / CELER - REMIXES, REWORKINGS AND REIMAGININGS IN A QUIET FORM

2009-04-29T20:09:00.001-07:00

"Having heard quite a bit of Ian Hawgood's music over the last couple of years I'm very pleased indeed to be bringing you this beautifully put together collection of reinterpretations of his Koen Park project. This EP is a companion release for the forthcoming 'Remixes, Reworkings And Reimaginings' CD on I, Absentee which concentrates on the more rhythmically inclined versions of his work. I'm thrilled to be involved and I have to say that the artists that have contributed to this release are really 100% 'Smallfish', if you know what I mean? Kicking off the EP is Corey Fuller with a sublime remix of 'This Earth Will Sleep'. Using layered textures and subtle elements of the original track he provides a gloriously uplifting and grainy track that works by simply allowing you to submerge yourself in sound. Konntinent follows with a low-key and beautifully refined meditation on deep ambience. Two chords and gorgeous background tones give this a shimmering, dense, yet light and airy feel - a track to drift away to and no mistake. Experimedia main man Jeremy Bible comes next with his take on 'Tear Road'. There's something about this track that gives me goosebumps. I think it's the initial chord that comes in and the way it slowly becomes more muted and ethereal before fading out to the finish. Whatever it is it gets me every time. Superb track. Finally we arrive at Smallfish friends Celer. Their interpretation is as otherworldly and distantly beautiful as you'd expect with its softly rolling texture running loosely in the background and gentle tones and chords easing in and out of the mix. Really quite magical. So, all in all this is an EP to savour. With artists of this calibre all coming together on one release I have to say that if you're a fan of contemporary ambient music in any way you should consider this a must-have. And, of course, don't forget to grab a copy of the I, Absentee CD as well when it comes out in May. I have to say a big thank you to Ian for coming to me with the project and also to the artists involved for such wonderful tracks." - Smallfish

Many thanks to Ian Hawgood and Mike from Smallfish for including us on this wonderful remix 3"

Two Pieces/Two

2009-04-10T15:55:00.000-07:00

"As the reaction to the first part of Celer's Four Pieces was so amazing I thought I'd treat you all to the second part sooner rather than later. Four Pieces / Two is titled Balsam and it sits so beautifully next to the first part that you can sense the link between them. Listen to them one after another and you'll detect a subtle shift in the tonal quality as a small hint of dissonance is added into the layers of almost classical sound. It creates a wonderful continuation of the themes in the slightly more overtly melodic Aronia and creates a similarly enveloping sense of ambience and solitude. As ever with Celer's work it begs to be listened to uninterrupted in one sitting - preferably with the lights down low in my opinion - and enjoyed as it was meant to be. Simply, another stunning release from Celer and it's a complete joy for me to be able to bring you this release. Thanks once again to Will & Dani for making this possible."

- Smallfish

Many thanks to Mike @ Smallfish for giving us this great release opportunity.

Breeze of Roses

2009-03-24T19:20:00.001-07:00

Hi everyone,

We're pleased to announce that our new album 'Breeze of Roses' is now available from Dragons Eye Recordings. We're very happy to have the opportunity to work with Yann Novak and Dragons Eye, and to release on
this wonderful label. Thank you for your support!

Love,
Will & Dani

Release description:

Breeze of Roses began in late 2005 when Danielle Baquet-Long and Will Long (together known as Celer) spent a long weekend on the banks of Lake Attersee in Austria. During a break in a rainstorm, a one-hour recording was made in the belly of a docked sailboat, consisting of a mini-piano, whistles, and cello. A direct field recording, containing the thumps and thuds of water against the bottom of the boat and the wind howling outside of the open hatch, was also used. This recording was left untouched until 2007, when Celer picked up where they left
off. Drawing Inspiration from the memories of Attersees’ rosewind the old recoding brought back, Celer restructured these cold and early sounds, through processing and editing, into something romantic,
representative, and perpetual.

Presented in 6 imprecise parts, Breeze of Roses continues Celer's amazing ability to take simple tones and field recordings and create breathtaking emotional landscapes that echo the movement and romance of a classical composition without sacrificing a modern edge.

The photography accompanying this release are by artist Peter Lograsso. The cover image Night (2005), a silver rag print, and the inside cover is Last Seen (2005).

It can be purchased here: http://www.dragonseyerecordings.com/shop.html
More info here: http://www.dragonseyerecordings.com/catalog/de5021.html

Thank you!!

Engaged Touches

2009-03-20T22:08:00.000-07:00

Release description:
 The music of Will Thomas Long’s and Danielle Baquet-Long’s Celer is an absorbing combination of classic ambient, minimalism, and – perhaps as the most distinct characteristic – overwhelming romanticism. Longing, melancholy, nostalgia, and the like seem to be recurring themes in Will and Dani’s works.
 Engaged Touches begins with hypnotic sounds of a train clattering on its tracks. This departure seems to set the whole piece into a context of travel and distance, moving away from and towards something, someone. After a while these sounds give way to a rousing, majestic set of string loops. Similar phases of different field recordings and grandiose loops take turns throughout the whole work. This brings about a dynamics of contrasts: the concrete and the abstract, the particular and the general, the mundane and the exalted, and so on. The phases of string loops take up most of the album and evoke a yearning feeling of distance, grand and epic. The title, Engaged Touches, however, refers to quite the opposite, the close and intimate. It feels as if it is these kinds of touches that the string loops wailingly, albeit very gracefully, long for. 
This is exactly the kind of powerful romanticism that seems to define so much of Celer’s work. Because of the heavy presence of string loops Engaged Touches reminds me of some of Celer’s earlier works. I would call it a classic Celer piece, if it weren’t for the fact that their oeuvre spans only a few years back, and it would be too early to ponder the distinct phases and the internal relations in their output. Engaged Touches is another beautiful addition to the rapidly growing body of work by Celer – an oeuvre that I already consider one of the most important in modern ambient music.

Antti Rannisto

Our new release 'Engaged Touches', was set to be released from Home Normal Records on April 17, 2009, in an edition of 500 CD copies. Stores were supplied with copies ahead of time, and pre-orders were made possible on www.homenormal.com, and as of yesterday, all copies have sold out. We didn't plan to announce this release until the actual official release date, but since it has already sold out, here is the announcement.

The good news is that we will still have copies that can be obtained directly from us if needed, and more importantly/conveniently, from these great stores listed below.

Engaged Touches can be found in these stores throughout the world:

Japan
http://www.inpartmaint.com/pdis
http://www.flau.jp/

Hong Kong
http://www.whitenoiserecords.org/

Singapore
http://www.kitchen-label.com/home/
http://www.theasylum.com.sg/v3/

UK
http://boomkat.com/
http://www.normanrecords.com/
http://www.roughtrade.com/
http://www.smallfish.co.uk/

EU
http://www.databloem.com/ (The Netherlands)
http://www.microsuoni.com/ (Italy)
http://www.u-cover.com/ (Belgium)

US
http://www.darla.com/
http://www.experimedia.net/

We really appreciate all the support, and hope that everyone enjoys this album! You may hear from us again soon to announce the release of our new album on Dragons Eye Recordings, 'Breeze of Roses'.

Thank you again!
Sincerely,
Will & Dani

Bandcamp

2009-03-14T16:08:00.000-07:00

As of 3/13/09, Celer joins Bandcamp. Most of you are probably familiar with this site already, but after some recommendations for friends, we decided to put some things up there. We don't plan to use it extensively, but in a useful way. For instance, what will be included are out of print self-releases, and other odds and ends. For the moment, 'Mandala' (still donating all proceeds to UNICEF), and 'Continents' are available. 'Continents' was our second handmade self-release, and is discontinued, yet the highest quality possible audio files are available on Bandcamp. Next is 'Sunlir' and possibly 'Scols', our first handmade self-release, also discontinued.

Thanks for reading, and if anything this site keeps this music available in some form.

http://celer.bandcamp.com/

Resonant Forms

2009-03-12T21:31:00.000-07:00

Friday April 3- Sunday 5, 2009

In collaboration with VOLUME

A three day festival showcasing new voices in the emergent fields of experimental electronic music, live cinema and sound art. Each of the Resonant Forms artists traverses the territory between visual art, music, and sound through varied disciplines including sound manipulation, soundtrack generation, digital media, and computer-generated visuals.

Featuring a premiere performance by Sheepwoman, a new live cinema piece by SUE-C. and Laetitia Sonami, and performances by William Basinski, Richard Chartier,Christopher Willits, Kadet Kuhne, Lucky Dragons, Yann Novak, and Celer, installations by David Kwan, Mark Trayle, and artSpa, hosted by Adam Overton.

More information: http://www.artleak.org/current.html

Capri

2009-02-16T14:38:00.000-08:00

From Humming Conch:

Celer - 'Capri'
CD edition of 400 copies

"Capri" by Celer is a beautiful 78-minute work, containing 29 tracks full of piano, strings, horns, acoustic guitar, field recordings and the warm breeze of the Mediterranean sea.

All the material for this record was created on Capri, an Italian island on the south side of the Gulf of Naples, during a short summer residency, giving the tracks a very mild and summery feeling. Listening recalls walking near the harbor waves, the salty wind sweeping up the streets, the decayed dwellings set against pristine resorts, and the deep colors of the Blue Grotto.
Field recording material is hidden, but in the foreground, just shaded and processed into a breeze. But the warm droning and compact sound carries the spirit of summer-night on a island very, very well. Recorded in a single room with a piano and a few borrowed instruments, and processed either outside a cafe or half-sleeping during the stay, the resulting tracks are only quiet reflections of short experiences.
Like all Celer-releases you can hear these slowly evolving melodies, first hidden through a slight haze, but getting sharper and clear by-and-by. Some of the shorter tracks are just sketches or fragments, found in the streets blowing by, carried through the air to your ear. The sounds mirror the merest moments, where every tone fits, is left to uncurl, each detail is well considered, and is set with a very high sensibility, haunting the hills and harbor outside the quiet, sleeping Capri.
'Capri' can be purchased from http://www. hummingconch. net/shop
Thank you for listening!

Chubby Wolf - L'histoire

2009-01-24T13:42:00.000-08:00

Chubby Wolf is Dani "Chubbs", who also performs as half of the husband and wife duo, CELER , is a writer/educator, publishing in poetry, prose, non-fiction, social commentary, a painter, photographer, and an inventive musical multi-instrumentalist and vocalist. As a permanent member of CELER through marriage, she has contributed equally to many self-releases, as well as works for labels in Japan, North America, and Europe. She has an extensive background in Gender Studies, Education, Photography, and Tibetan Studies, as well as having lived and studied in India, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. She currently lives in Southern California with her husband, cat, and two wolf dogs.

CHUBBY WOLF L’Histoire (Gears of Sand)

With a name like Chubby Wolf, tossed out amongst the half-dozen or so other artists using the word “wolf” as part of their nomenclature, you might not be mistaken if you thought it yet another in a long list of noise-affiliated projects. But wait: L’Histoire arrives released on the intrepid Gears of Sand imprint, well-noted for its now dense catalog of experimental drone and distinctive atmospheric music, so any ideas of noise to the contrary can be formally laid to rest. Quite the opposite this music is, in fact the polar opposite. Across eleven meticulously sculpted, wind-chapped, albeit sometimes chilly, pieces, adorned with titles such as “Anti-body Library”, “Inverted Windows”, and “You, My Luminary”, Chubby Wolf demand you close the windows, turn the lights down to a faint dim, and let these potent miasmatic toneshifts waft between the four walls as they insinuate themselves in your subconscious. Like the work of Pauline Oliveros, L’Histoire is an exercise in deep listening, one that makes that demand implicit on its participant. Though all attendant sounds were created with a seeming paucity of means (toy piano, a heart monitor, and the obligatory electronic processing), the ends are justifiably vivid and contemplative, even downright lustrous. The poetic lilt the artist lends to a piece such as “Lay the Voice to Rest, Fear Mist” is pure sensation, literally and figuratively, supple, if shrill, wisps of sound tendering a bleak landscape. That the artist can render such poignancy out of the barest of electronic materiél speaks volumes about how the softest approaches can often yield the most concrete results. Oh, and Chubby Wolf is Dani Baquet-Long, half of drone avatars Celer, which goes some way to explain how these tattered sonic pages uncurl to reveal the argot residing deep within its mysterious L’Histoire. DARREN BERGSTEIN

http://cdbaby.com/cd/chubbywolf

Four Pieces / Part One

2009-01-13T15:36:00.000-08:00

Soon from Smallfish is the first part in a series of four 3" releases.

From Smallfish:

"After having a catastrophic computer failure at home I'm now a little behind schedule. Will be out before the end of the month though* Having fallen deeply in love with American duo Celer's music over the last year it brings me a huge amount of pride to be able to unveil this wonderful release from them. The first part of a series it features an absolutely stunning 20 minute piece which completely blew me away when I first heard it. To describe it in detail seems somehow wrong as it pretty much demands to be enjoyed in one sitting with the lights down low so you can experience the enveloping and deeply hypnotic beauty. Created from layers of instrument samples and field recordings, it will gently massage your soul with its melancholic nature and intimate feeling. Listen to the sample, grab yourself a copy and join me in being spellbound by this awesome duo's wonderful sound. Simply brilliant. A large and heartfelt thankyou to Will and Danielle for making this possible. 100 copies only."

http://www.smallfish.co.uk

Thank you!

Compositions For Cassette

2009-01-13T00:57:00.000-08:00

From Digitalis:

"huntington beach's husband/wife duo celer lull you into an enchanting, yet slightly uncomfortable stasis with over an hour full of solemn piano-based drones. "compositions for cassette" is distilled in glass and sent down a river of molasses. what danielle baquet-long and will long do is set this decaying, enchanting journey on it's course. they built the multiple cassette loops used to create this minimal symphony, this ode to american pianists of the 1920s.

"compositions for cassette" is a funeral march of ghosts through alien fog, lost in a world that no longer exists for their original beings. in the end, it's only the whispers in the air that remain, a near silent elegy for notes and nooses left behind. stunning. limited to 135 copies. there are 3 different covers, each cassette packaged in a mini-burlap bag with a celer pin (there are six different pins)."

64 minutes: 12 pieces

http://www.digitalisindustries.com/ltd22.html

Thank you!

VA: Translations of Opacity For Michelangelo Antonioni

2008-12-21T20:15:00.000-08:00

A new compilation featuring Celer has just been released. It is free, 2 hours of music, and featuring other amazing artists such as Corey Fuller, Mathieu Ruhlmann, Bruce Hamilton, Kamran Sadeghi, Kassel Jaeger, Pierre Gerard, Ieva, Andy Futreal, Anne Guthrie, Manrico Montera, Ben Owen, Sascha Neudeck, Gintas K, Tusuri, Tzesne, Matt Underwood, Yiannis Christofides, Michael Trommer, Thanos Chrysakis, Andrea Borghi, and Scott Taylor.

From and/OAR:

"This is an online companion project for the upcoming Antonioni double CD release entitled "Michelangelo Antonioni - Trilogy And Epilogue" (and/34), and is intended to serve as a general
homage. The works featured on this project were solicited via public invitation. The artists were given free license to create work inspired by the late great film director, however out of all the submissions sent, only the ones featured here were chosen. Both the CD and online projects were planned and initiated (in June, 2007) three months before his passing in September of the same year, thereby making the launching of both projects all the more timely and poignant...

Even though the courtesy of giving people a chance to download and listen to each track is given, it is highly suggested that the entire release be downloaded and listened to in its proper order, so that the intended flow can be experienced."

Download free at http://www.and-oar.org/pop_andp33.html

Cursory Asperses

2008-12-16T16:40:00.000-08:00

This is our new release from a new label from Sapporo, Japan, Slow Flow, created by our good friend Ryo Nakata (ryonkt). This should be available on 12/17. Thank you and we hope you enjoy!

'Cursory Asperses' is a series of pieces based around the single concept of slow movement. Throughout the process of composing and mixing, we kept in mind, and based everything on the form of certain field recordings, made at an isolated stream in the woods, of the slow trickle of the water, and of laundry hanging on cords in the back yard, flapping softly in the wind. While combining these field recordings with recordings of instruments, we mixed them into a more whole form of slow movement, with delicate, thin layers, but which we also intend to display our ideas of interpreting the soft nature of Slow Flow.
With still purpose:

These are minds, lapping and skirling - Full but derived - Errant streams gathering in transpicuous pockets of the shore.

Available from Slow Flow Rec
http://slowflowrec.web.fc2.com/index.html
slowflowrec.info@gmail.com
http://www.myspace.com/slowflowryo

Tropical

2008-12-15T22:06:00.000-08:00

'Tropical' has been released on Mystery Sea, their 50th album! We are very lucky and thankful to be able to work with such a wonderful label, and we hope people will enjoy this special and intimate release.

More details and information here: http://home. scarlet. be/~chalkdc/Celer_Tropical. htm

Limited to 100 copies

A very special thanks to Daniel of Mystery Sea for this.

Elias

2008-11-04T23:05:00.000-08:00

Celer / Elias

1 Untitled 3:30
2 Untitled 1:53
3 Untitled 6:02
4 Untitled 4:27
5 Untitled 8:30

All sounds for this recording were made from the voice of Hilarie Hildebrand, recorded
and remixed in July/August of 2007 by Will and Danielle Baquet-Long, for Elias Loren
Hildebrand, born November 14, 2007.

This release is dedicated to The Hildebrands.

Photo by Ryan Hildebrand

Special thanks to Gabriel Hernandez (GoGooo) for releasing this mini-album.

rm 23 - http://rainmusic.free.fr

FREE DOWNLOAD
http://rainmusic.free.fr/zip/rm23-elias.zip

Thank you!!

Viscount Drive

2008-10-22T12:31:00.002-07:00

Roses

2008-10-22T12:31:00.001-07:00

Entrance

2008-10-22T12:28:00.000-07:00

Chubby Wolf - Morning video

2008-10-20T14:45:00.001-07:00

Chubby Wolf - Shower and Sugar Coma video

2008-10-20T14:44:00.000-07:00

Chubby Wolf - This Is Only The Overture video

2008-10-20T14:43:00.000-07:00

Slow Flow

2008-10-13T02:07:00.000-07:00

Various - Sounds of Slow Flow vol.1 - CDr - SFR001 - 2008

01 through the square - pawn
02 stilettos at sunrise - celer
03 salt - cloudburst
04 window - ryonkt
05 seated on an arm chair of orange colored wood - elian
06 a view of the frozen lake - segue
07 the last day before you go - porzellan
08 herfstkleuren - glenn ryszko
09 socially defeated - entia non
10 arctic - ian hawgood

$10.00+shipping $4.00

We hope everyone can pick up a copy of this new Compilation, featuring an exclusive Celer track, from a beautiful new label from Sapporo, Japan, started by our friend ryonkt.

Preorder:
Please send a name, address and amount to "slowflowrec.info@gmail.com".
Slow Flow online: http://www.myspace.com/slowflowryo

The next release on Slow Flow is a new Celer full length, 'Cursory Asperses'. Look for it later in the year. :)

Archive 11

2008-10-01T15:36:00.001-07:00