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January 2020 West Coast Shows
January 2020 West Coast Shows
To start off the year I will be playing a number of West Coast solo shows. A few of them will be alongside my friends and new label-mates Sprain. The first show is tomorrow in Portland and Willamette Weekhas published a full-page Drowse article/interview in advance of the show at Black Water tomorrow. It reads as a detailed summation of what I’ve been up to artistically this past year, with some…
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Roadburn 2020
It feels like a dream to announce that I will be performing at Roadburn 2020in the Netherlands. It’s an honor to be asked to be part of this festival, and I’m so excited to play it alongside my friends in Elizabeth Colour Wheel and fellow Flenser artists Midwife, Mamaleek, and Giles Corey. I’m still in a grateful daze wrapping my head around how my home recordings are taking me to a place like…
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Split With AMULETS
Whited Sepulchre Records have released a split cassette between Drowse and Portland-based audiovisual tape loop artist AMULETS. This release is largely composed from guts and scraps of the album Light Mirror. “Wind Through the Door” and “Hidden Close” were the two initial pieces recorded for that album, while “A Song I Made In 2001 With My Friend Who is Now Dead (Director’s Cut)” is the original…
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"Second Self" Mini-LP
“Second Self” Mini-LP
Following the release of two Flenser labelmates’ albums earlier this year, Kyle Bates from Drowse has teamed up with Lane Shi from Elizabeth Colour Wheelon a new mini-LP titled Second Self. Side A of this 4-song release is a collaborative effort between Bates & Shi; the songs were composed by Bates in the first half of 2019. The tracks were then sent to Shi, who based her lyrics and vocal…
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Light Mirror Tour
In celebration of Light Mirror Drowse will be touring the West Coast with my current favorite experimental guitar band, Elizabeth Colour Wheel . I will also be playing on the East Coast for the first time ever, doing a series of solo shows alongside Planning For Burial.
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Light Mirror Released
Light Mirror is released today! Isolation and vulnerability. This album marks the first time I’ve been able to translate my intention directly into sound, not fighting against my microphones and computer, but working with them to create something I am deeply proud of. The year of obsession is over. “What is it that resonates in us in response to noise brought to harmony?”
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Light Mirror Interview and Full Album Stream
Light Mirror Interview and Full Album Stream
Light Mirror is in the world. It is streaming in full today alongside an in-depth interview that covers the process of creating the album (via destroy // exist). I’ll have more to say when it’s out on Friday; listen and let me know what your thoughts.
Photo by Matt Vrvilo
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"Bipolar 1" Music Video
“Bipolar 1” Music Video
The music video for “Bipolar 1” from Light Mirror is out. I worked on this video obsessively for about a month last December, I’m very proud to be able to share it with you.
This song came to me while I was re-reading my medical chart and thinking about my bipolar 1 diagnosis. I have always resisted this diagnosis and I refused to…
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"Light Mirror" LP
“Light Mirror” LP
“Between Fence Posts” is streaming everywhere now, listen and read about it on Stereogum.
The simplest questions are often the most difficult to answer.
In April of 2018, Drowse’s Kyle Bates left his home in Portland, OR for an artist residency in barren northern Iceland. Much of Bates’ time there was spent in self-imposed isolation, giving him ample space to ponder the nature of solitude,…
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Japan Artist Residency Journal
Japan Artist Residency Journal
A collection of moments from my residency in Itoshima, Fukuoka, Japan.
 Japan residency week one:
I arrived in Fukuoka exhausted; with a tired sense of wonder I ventured out into the city late at night and my phone quickly died. I was lost and without the language to communicate–I felt free. The next night I saw some psychedelic bands and had a stunted conversation about Can. I saw some…
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December Artist Residency and Shows in Fukuoka, Japan
December Artist Residency and Shows in Fukuoka, Japan
The last Drowse shows of the year will be in Japan! I will be an artist in residence at a studio in Fukuoka for the month of December and will be playing some solo shows around the prefecture. During my stay I will be putting the finishing touches on the album I started recording while in Iceland. A surreal ending to a dream year.
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Reflections on the 2018 Tour W/ Floating Room We've been home from the Drowse/Floating Room tour for a few days and I've been trying to think of what to say.
“Memory Painting” Shirt/More Tour Info Our tour with Floating Room starts Friday. We made a small amount of these new "Memory Painting" shirts for these shows.
Create and Destroy Podcast Interview I just did a podcast interview with Create and Destroy. I talk about my residency in Iceland, creating a sense of place in sound, our recent shows and split with Planning For Burial, Cold Air, and a ton more. Listen to my quiet voice here.
Reflections on our Shows With Planning For Burial
Reflections on our Shows With Planning For Burial
Four shows. We only played four shows on the West Coast last week, but the shows felt more meaningful and fulfilling than any month long tour I’ve been on. I want to do more.
Part of this was because we were traveling with Thom Wasluck, a human who records music that is relatable, affecting, and genuine; Planning For Burial is “real”. As a person Thom is just like his art: without contrivance. It…
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Fog Storm pts. 1-4 -- Split With Planning For Burial
Fog Storm pts. 1-4 — Split With Planning For Burial
We did a split with Planning For Burial! The Drowse side is a collaboration with painter Jesse Keating, “Fog Storm pts. 1-4”, and is the first widely available work to emerge from my residency in Iceland. You can view and listen to our audiovisual collaboration now via Treble. Limited tour edition tapes will be available at our shows with PFB next week.
“Fog Storm pts. 1-4” is some of the most…
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The Cold Air repress is shipping next week–the oxblood in milky clear “wilting flower” vinyl is beautiful and it’s awesome to see this album on black for the first time.
The special edition comes with a copy of the production journal I kept while making the album. Outside of seeing me work it’s probably the closest you could come to knowing my creative process–you can see how my weird manic depressive brain jumps from stuff like obsessive
organization of track sequences to strange repetitive mantra like journal entries and deconstruction of my own song meanings.
 I’m pretty sure The Flenser only has a very limited amount left so grab it while you can.
 Thanks so much for listening and giving this album life beyond its initial release 🌫🥀🌫
Cold Air Special Edition Shipping The Cold Air repress is shipping next week--the oxblood in milky clear "wilting flower" vinyl is beautiful and it's awesome to see this album on black for the first time.