{"id":11308,"date":"2012-07-02T06:52:28","date_gmt":"2012-07-01T20:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stuartbuchanan.com\/?post_type=portfolio&p=11308"},"modified":"2021-01-31T07:08:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T07:08:36","slug":"regional-curse-natural-living-wood-wire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/2012\/07\/02\/regional-curse-natural-living-wood-wire\/","title":{"rendered":"Regional Curse 'Natural Living' (Wood And Wire)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\u2018Natural Living\u2019 is the sixth release on Wood And Wire, and the third album by Regional Curse (Stacey Wilson \/ Rites Wild).
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Notes.<\/strong>
\n\u2018Natural Living\u2019 is the third album by Regional Curse (Stacey Wilson).
\nThe record was performed, recorded & mixed at home by Wilson in the autumn of 2012, directly after leaving her home town of Adelaide to move to Melbourne. Refracted through pervasive themes of ascension and natural progression, \u2018Natural Living\u2019 marks a shift for Wilson into territories occupied by low-toned electronic synth and spacious drum work.
\n\u201cthe mix here is very clean and deep: there\u2019s none of the crisp snare hiss of Rites Wild because this is very much a bass driven operation \u2026 There\u2019s an almost liberating darkness here. It\u2019s not oppressive, but rather spacious and thoughtful. The name \u201cregional curse\u201d is fitting because this doesn\u2019t feel particularly urban. It never gets this dark in the city.\u201d<\/em>
\nCrawlspace<\/a>
\n\u201cNatural Living, to an extent, reminisces over the remains of early synth music, with perhaps a longing for their return, but it is also its own futuristic temple, and the bones of the era are left to adorn the walls.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>
\nA Closer Listen<\/a>
\n\u201cRefracted through pervasive themes of ascension and natural progression, Regional Curse marks itself as an arbiter of isolation and vice, hidden away in the scum-soaked hovels of paranoiac mind. Desolation reigns here \u2013 yet it never has sounded this sleek.\u201d<\/em>
\nSonic Masala<\/a>
\n\u201cthis is genuinely unsettling music to be kept from impressionable children at all costs, that is if we\u2019d like to maintain their disneyfied childhoods.\u201d<\/em>
\nBeer On My Boat Shoes<\/a><\/p>\n

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Biography.<\/strong>
\nRegional Curse is the solo project of Stacey Wilson (Rites Wild, Terrible Truths, Comfort Zones) from Australia. Beginning in late 2008 as an instrumental noise project, a series of self-released cassette tapes have seen Wilson experimenting with the Regional Curse sound utilising home-made electronic drums and a malfunctioning looper pedal.
\nRegional Curse on Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n

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Tracklisting.<\/strong>
\n1. Traditional Ascension (9:29)
\n2. Miracle Cure (3:46)
\n3. Try & Understand It (2:58)
\n4. Natural Living (7:03)
\n5. Best Believe (10:03)<\/p>\n

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Credits.<\/strong>
\nPerformed, recorded & mixed by Stacey Wilson.
\n\u201cSearching for a miracle cure, something I can recommend to friends.\u201d<\/em>
\nCover photo by Stacey Wilson.<\/p>\n

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Catalogue.\u00a0<\/strong>WW6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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