Life at the End of the World, by subtractiveLAD

Life at the End of the World

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1.	Beginning Again 04:37	buy track
2.	Those Who Lose Dreaming Are Lost 06:13	buy track
3.	Summer in Your Mouth 07:13	buy track
4.	Ne Plus Ultra 05:56	buy track
5.	The Deep and Lovely Quiet 05:23	buy track
6.	Nautilus 05:32	buy track
7.	With Eternal Lids Apart 06:46	buy track
8.	Once the Stars Have Been Washed from the Sky 08:27	buy track
9.	Life at the End of the World 03:14	buy track
10.	Always Ending 09:53	buy track

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(Originally released in 2010 via n5MD) On "Life at the End of the World," Hummel's 6th subtractiveLAD album, percussive elements, pretense of genre, and theoretical pollutants that could cloud the candid nature of this current ripple in Hummel's pond are a thing of the past. The result is one of subtractiveLAD's most lush yet threadbare albums to date. Eno could be referenced, although Hummel now features the guitar as a primary instrument. Further, "Life at the End of the World" is not all ambient movements and variations on a theme. At the three quarters point the album takes a tense turn with passages that would not be out of place on albums from Ben Frost or Jasper TX. One wonders what is really at the end of Hummel's world? "Life at the End of the World" is Hummel's catharsis, anxiety, and joy. We can hear that he is at a crossroads in his life and subsequently has created his largest most majestic ripple in the pond yet.

CDs of this album can be purchased from n5MD (limited stock):

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"Hummel allows his music to unravel, to tell its story and find its own way. Always heavy with deep emotive qualities, each track flows, undulates and drifts along with steady ease, textures and layers slowly interacting, coming in and out of the sound space, changing the mood as the emphasis shifts." - Igloo Magazine

"So what's life like at the end of the world for Stephen Hummel? On the evidence of his sixth subtractiveLAD album, it's apparently no cataclysmic melt-down but rather an oasis of celestial calm." - Textura

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released August 21, 2014

Written and produced by Stephen Hummel

Mastered by 37N, 122W
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Stephen Hummel Vancouver, British Columbia

Music has always been a central part of my life. Over the years, as I have developed as an artist, my music has become the primary filter through which I process my experiences and emotions. My creative approach is to use the recording studio as an instrument of expression - to use technology as an extension of physical performance. Improvisation is always a core part of my creative process. ... more

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