Diaphanine, by Aubrey Rachel Violet

Diaphanine

by Aubrey Rachel Violet

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1.	A Golden Vein 04:33	buy track
2.	The Bottom of the Hourglass 04:10	buy track
3.	Irra 04:01	buy track
4.	Refraction 04:00	buy track
5.	Breathing Statues 04:19	buy track

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Layering alien echoes and a lush warmth into the moody effervescence of her work with Golden Gardens, musician Aubrey Rachel Violet’s "Diaphanine" — produced in the woods of Bainbridge Island deep in the heart of the pandemic — reflects an introspective beauty and raw intensity both personal and collective.

The album opens with “A Golden Vein;” Violet's singing flickers across swelling orchestral strains like the sun viewed from underwater. In “The Bottom of The Hourglass,” a grand piano mingles with howling from a nearby wolf collective. Throughout Violet flirts with a mounting and retreating tension built by layered harp, synth, and cello.

The result is a rich, organic sound that reaches moments of operatic intensity and even the occasional full-on wail — her spare lyrics touching on themes of change, loneliness, and the nature of self. “Breathing Statues” brings the project home with droning, meditative synth loops that you might lose yourself in but for Violet’s voice — rich, exploratory, and always distinct.

"Diaphanine" weaves shadowy depth with a searching curiosity — music created on the horizon line between the darkest night and the first pink hints of dawn. A mercurial work reflecting a world that is both frightening and gorgeous, depending on how the light hits it.

- Sarah Stuteville, 2022

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released November 18, 2022

All songs written and arranged by Aubrey Rachel Violet, © 2022

Vocals and keyboards by Aubrey Rachel Violet
Piano on tracks 2 and 4 by Alison Evangelista
Cello on track 3 by Brent Arnold
Additional synths by Randall Dunn
Tracks 1-5 contain samples from the album “The Drowning at Cape Disappointment” by Alison Evangelista (© 2011 by permission of the artist)

Recorded and engineered by Aubrey Rachel Violet in the woods of Bainbridge Island, WA
Mixed by Randall Dunn at Circular Ruin Studio in Brooklyn, NY
Mastered by Will Smith of Hatchback LLC in Brooklyn, NY

Cover photo by Aubrey Bramble
Back photo by Katherine Terran
Album Design by Chris Bendix

This album is dedicated to the spirit of self-love. Special thanks to: Amma, Ann, Trevor, Kat, Derek, Julian, Ezra.

© 2022 Magic Love Records

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