Dean Hurley - Anthology Resource Vol. II: Philosophy of Beyond '2019

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This is f×cking amazing - a second volume of desolate, ambient themes from
David Lynch’s sound designer and mixer of choice Dean Hurley, one of
those behind-the-scenes guys whose work most subtly colours the popular
imagination. If you’re into anything from Deathprod to Badalamenti to
Mica Levi’s Under the Skin’, the more ascetic end of work from
Leyland Kirby / The Caretaker, or Aphex Twin’s ’Selected Ambient
Works Vol II” - this will rule your world.

Having operated and managed David Lynch’s Asymmetrical sound Studio for
13 years, Dean Hurley only appeared on our radar a couple of years ago with his
sound design for the third season of Twin Peaks, and the first volume of his
Anthology Resource which collected some of that work. During those 13 years - a
period that began just before ‘Inland Empire’ - Hurley was
basically there to create, mix and edit any sound artefacts Lynch required - a
process that evidently allowed him the freedom to innovate through pretty much
limitless experimentation. As a result, Hurley is now without question one of
the most striking sound designers and supervisors working in film & television
right now, steering well clear of overly emotive/manipulative cliche and instead
focusing on the minutiae of sound in a way thay recalls the classic, pre-digital
era.

His Anthology Resource is an ongoing series curated from his work for film and
television in the library / production music tradition, as well as a series of
albums in their own right, with this second volume Philosophy of Beyond’
collecting 12 pieces made in residency for Art Gallery of New South
Wales’ event Masters of Modern Sound, and contributions to Eddie Alcazars
feature film ‘Perfect’ - mostly assembled from tape loops and field
recordings. 

While it’s fair enough to wheel out a usual list of ambient/atmospheric
comparisons with ‘SAW II’, Brian Eno, Leyland Kirby, and indeed
David Lynch’s own early work with Badalamenti, that’s really just
to show what class Hurley is operating in - his music clearly possessing its
own, menacing magick that stays with you long after the music has stopped, just
like the imagery he is so highly adept at scoring.

Tracklist:
01. Dean Hurley - Edge of the Known (3:47)
02. Dean Hurley - The Curved Arrow of Time (1:58)
03. Dean Hurley - Dissension (2:28)
04. Dean Hurley - Low Harmonic Fanfare / Growth (5:54)
05. Dean Hurley - Exotic Matter (1:46)
06. Dean Hurley - Far Boundaries (3:59)
07. Dean Hurley - Splendor (2:18)
08. Dean Hurley - Pastness (2:07)
09. Dean Hurley - Echoes of Known (1:13)
10. Dean Hurley - In Knowing (3:54)
11. Dean Hurley - Somewhere in Time (4:11)
12. Dean Hurley - Birth (8:17)

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