the rothko chapel

The Rothko Chapel is an ongoing collaborative guitar noise project helmed by Pete Dowd (Singlecoil) and Charles Sage (Hessien, y0t0).

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Dayalu/For Nepal

The Rothko Chapel have emerged from an Eastern-imposed stasis to contribute a track to Hibernate Recordings "Dayalu" compilation, with all proceeds to the British Red Cross working in Nepal. Due to the urgency, tracks are added as they come and it’ll be released when fully ready; but you can preorder the album now. Already, in less than a week, £985 has been raised. If you can, please do.

https://hibernate.bandcamp.com/album/dayalu-for-nepal

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"Phase Reflection", a communication piece created for the Melbourne School Of Land and Environment:

"Water: it’s something we come into contact with every single day, yet we don’t for one moment stop to consider just how important it is to our very survival.  We can change its state, manipulate the direction in which it flows and use it in every which way we care to imagine, but how often do we sit and contemplate the beauty and enormity of our most precious resource. With only 2.5% of all the Earth’s water existing as fresh water and only 0.3% of that in rivers, lakes, and the atmosphere, it is an incredibly scarce commodity. And therein lies one of the greatest challenges of our existence as water is increasingly seen as a commodity rather than one of the most important constituents of the ecosystems that support life on our planet.  Contemplation of the big picture of our environment and how we choose to live within it is vital. Here, we have some space to think about our predicament, the complex network and interconnected systems that we rely upon, and the tactile elements and true beauty of water."

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Earthtones

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Borderline Listening Post: Lyttleton New Zealand Installation

The Rothko Chapel has had a track selected for inclusion at the Borderline Listening Post installation in Lyttleton's transitional Civic Square in New Zealand. It was a privilege to have been included in the project; we were both in Christchurch the week before the February 2011 quake and Lyttleton was the epicentre. Much respect to the CSSA for their work.

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Pleased to announce the release of the first track by The Rothko Chapel, on Tessellate Recording's mammoth Earthtones compilation. The release is being used to raise funds for further releases by the label, so head over and download 2 hours of music for £5. Hope you enjoy.

Listen/purchase The Carrefour Plane by The Rothko Chapel

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Coburg North, photo © Pete Dowd

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