Glitter in my tears, by Janek Schaefer

Glitter in my tears

by Janek Schaefer

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1.	sparkles into the light of night 06:02
2.	beam me up (with Radovan Scasascia) 03:45	info
3.	if only 01:08
4.	lagoon 01:59		buy track
5.	looking for love 01:13
6.	low points 01:55
7.	rise 01:49
8.	coming to 01:10
9.	swallow hole 02:45		buy track
10.	what comes around 02:27
11.	distant signs 01:13
12.	reflection waves 04:33
13.	spells 00:23
14.	dawn draws in 01:57
15.	all in the mind 03:00
16.	walking in 00:48
17.	missing moment 01:31
18.	beyond hope 01:12
19.	haunted hall 04:03
20.	hells bells 00:58
21.	forgetting the way forward 00:54
22.	falls from favour 02:14
23.	tale of two angels 03:07
24.	wanderings 02:20
25.	glitter in my tears 02:01
26.	conclusions in two minds 02:50

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Glitter in my tears’ marks the 20th anniversary of Janek Schaefer’s career as a recording artist, having now released over 30 albums.

His music is best comprehended through examining his time as an architect, and how that forged his innate sense for constructing tactile atmospheres, that navigate through unknown structures and forgotten spaces, creating profound new places. Over his career he has placed focus on the relationship between body, medium, and sound, creating a field of work that defies easy definition. An architect of foundsoundscapes.

For Schaefer, the medium plays as great a role as the message itself. He creates music that exposes the marks and memories of a variety of media, as presented in the 26 tracks on ‘Glitter in my tears’, an eclectic album that celebrates the sense of overwhelming desolation held in the music. A subdued cathartic opus.

Each piece is a microcosm of haunted memory, that unites to create a record of melancholic vignettes, and is easily his most critical recorded work to date.

It’s a record that reflects Schaefer’s obsession with texture, atmosphere, and emotive acoustic states. Multiple interludes, like active memories, lace into one another. Their relation is temporal, and shaped very much by the settings in which they are encountered. Like the very best ambient music, ‘Glitter in my tears’ is an acoustic reflector of sorts, rebounding off the places and spaces within which it is experienced. This process means the record is never static, but in a constant state of discovery and rediscovery.  

“The album was composed over the last decade, in moments when most people are asleep in the dark, while the lucky ones are still dancing in the lights. It’s a record of delightful dark emotions evolving from the evocative dreams we yearn for, with our feet firmly on the floor, always wanting more. An unfolding compendium of motifs and repetitive fragments, fading from the memories of our emotions. Sparkling lights glisten in the hidden shadows of our feelings, with outpourings of love falling through the depths of despair. It is based on a true story”.

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released June 25, 2017

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Janek Schaefer England, UK

Sound Artist, Entertainer, Professor, Janek Schaefer trained as an Architect at the Royal College of Art, where he developed his focus on the relationship between sound, space and place. He has exhibited & performed in 30 countries worldwide, from The Tate Modern to The Sydney Opera House. The Bluecoat gallery exhibited a Retrospective of his career in 2009, & has released 39 album projects. ... more

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