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Blodeuwedd

by Doug Wieselman

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“[Wieselman has] absolute command of his instrument”
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Following the beautiful “Hope For The Trees”, seminal NYC multi-reedist Doug Wieselman releases his second standalone single in December 2020, “Blodeuwedd”, via figureight records.

Wieselman has performed with superlative greats (including the Lounge Lizards, Lou Reed, Yoko Ono, Bill Frisell, Iron & Wine, Laurie Anderson, Tricky, Martha Wainwright, Antony and the Johnsons, CocoRosie) and contributed significantly to the NYC Downtown scene over the past three decades. He is described, by NYC Jazz Record, as “a vital force in the New York music scene”.

Similarly to “Hope For The Trees”, “Blodeuwedd” is based in Wieselman’s patch-writing on a borrowed OP-1 synthesiser, a departure from his usual instrumentation of acoustic wind instruments. However, unlike the earlier single, “Blodeuwedd” treks a more challenging path. Where “Hope For The Trees” lives in a word of wonder and shimmering prettiness, “Blodeuwedd” is deeper and darker. Its churning, droning sonics yearn and strain against the fabric of the piece.

“This track came out of experimenting with an OP-1 synthesizer that a friend had leant to me. I was playing with its virtual 4-track recorder and found a loop that I liked which I captured on a portable digital recorder. What sometimes happens when sounds are combined, other unintentional sounds occur, which I find interesting. I began to articulate those “ghost” melodies, recording them onto Pro-Tools with various instruments, along with some processing with Ableton. I wanted to make something with a longer arc than I’d generally done. I then separated the individual four tracks, layering them over time and combining them with the “ghost” melodies as well with the original 4-track loop. I added a few more elements in the process, once the form emerged.

Blodeuwedd - “flowered face” in Welsh - is the name of an ancient Welsh flower goddess, conjured by two wizards. Hers is a long and twisted story of beauty, coercion, love, rebellion and transformation, which ends with her being turned into an owl. I came across a reference to her in my reading of Robert Graves’ The White Goddess. It seemed an appropriate title to this track.

My attraction to ghost melodies is along the lines of my interest in the barely perceptible water melodies that I’ve worked with on my solo clarinet record From Water.”

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released December 18, 2020
Zitherine Music (BMI)
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