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3-4 Weeks
01. Celer + Forest Management - 7° 10° 77° 83°
02. Celer + Forest Management - The first steps onto their soil
03. Celer + Forest Management - Hotel Mona Lisa
04. Celer + Forest Management - Indistinguishable from magic
05. Celer + Forest Management - A big and strange place
06. Celer + Forest Management - Volcanic institutions
07. Celer + Forest Management - From fire, ice
08. Celer + Forest Management - Embera
09. Celer + Forest Management - 5,000 feet under the surface
10. Celer + Forest Management - Blending all of the above
11. Celer + Forest Management - S-shaped isthmus
12. Celer + Forest Management - Magnified pieces of thermodynamics
13. Celer + Forest Management - The signs are everywhere
14. Celer + Forest Management - Rights of the idea or a machine
ARTIST
TITLE
Landmarks (Remastered)
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
CTATSU 005LP CTATSU 005LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
8/23/2024

"Following its release in the winter of 2018, Landmarks, a collaboration between veteran ambient artists Celer and Forest Management, initially drew quiet accolades and a steadfast listenership that has since swelled to unimagined proportions, resonating with listeners perhaps now more than ever and cementing its status as an experimental classic. Inspired by Paul Theroux's novel The Mosquito Coast and Peter Weir's 1986 film adaptation of that book, Landmarks sets out 14 tracks in a 'stunning hour of music' (The Quietus) that creates a 'general sense of foreboding, critique of romantic retreat into individualism and colonialism' (A Closer Listen). The album is now offered on vinyl for the first time (originally out on cassette tape), newly remastered by Stephan Mathieu to enhance the depth and richness of this oneiric soundscape. Both Americans, Celer (Will Long) resides in Tokyo, Japan and Forest Management (John Daniel) in Chicago, USA. Landmarks was born of their months-long collaboration, trading music back and forth and reshaping each other's work using a series of patches, tape looping, and electronic manipulation. As a throughline in each piece we hear their distinct voices and cultural contexts blend to unique, often otherworldly effect, conjuring a dreamlike tension that refuses easy resolution. We are hooked by a mood that captured listeners back in 2018 and continues to hold us today in the context of current events, related disquietudes, and a nostalgic longing for solutions that may be more imaginary than real."