People's Dream EP, by Will Shore

People's Dream EP

by Will Shore

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1.	People's Dream 08:00	buy track
2.	Lucid 04:00	buy track
3.	Lucid (Tom Blip's Remix) 05:07	buy track

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Pique-nique Recordings is proud to present People’s Dream, the latest solo release from NYC-based vibraphonist and electronic producer Will Shore.

Inspired by Francis Bebey and Don Cherry’s electronic music from the 70s and 80s, People’s Dream draws heavily from modal jazz, minimalism, and dance music. It blends tightly composed percussive phrases with freely moving melodic improvisations that feel as much at home in a DIY loft space as they do on a custom-built sound system at Nowadays.

Shore says: “The vibraphone is the thing that I know best, but I’ve always found the instrument quite limited. Its pure bell-like tone can seem too pretty to evoke a wide range of feelings. I normally find ways to obscure that pure sound: I distort it, pitch it down, or layer rougher textures over it. But for People’s Dream and Lucid, instead of obscuring the sound quality, I decided to embrace it.

I used the vibraphone for not only melodic parts but also as a driving rhythmic element. I let the entrances and exits of melodies appear and disappear in a dream-like way, and added electronics and percussion as texture, to create a more cinematic atmosphere.”

On the B-side, UK producer and label-head Tom Blip (Blip Discs) flips Lucid into a driving, bass-oriented club track, fit for all dancefloors this summer. On the back of successful collaborations with East African artists Swordman Kitala and Mubashira Mataali Group, Blip unleashes a trademark peak-time drum track designed to elude any dream-like state.

People’s Dream is the seventh release on NYC/Sydney label Pique-nique Recordings, which worked with Shore in 2019 on their signature event, Take Two. Shore led a nine-piece band through a reinterpretation of Albert Ayler’s Spiritual Unity for the occasion, utilizing his mentor Butch Morris’ conduction technique to rapturous effect.

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released July 15, 2022

Mixed by Will Shore (A1/A2) & Pete Buckenham (B)
Mastered & cut by Frank Merritt at The Carvery, London
Artwork by Meera Dugal

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Will Shore Brooklyn, New York

Will Shore is a composer, producer, and vibraphonist who has released music with Mister Saturday Night Records and hosts a monthly show on The Lot Radio. He has played vibraphone for Arto Lindsay's Noise Quartet, The Dave Harrington Group, and Nels Cline's Lovers. As a solo performer he's opened for Laraaji as well as Shabaka Hutchings. ... more

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