VOLUR/CARES: BREATHLESS SPIRIT
Hey folks, today is the release day for the new Volur/Cares single “Breathless Spirit” released on Black Throne Productions. This is the first single from the album I mixed and have been VERY excited for quite some time now for the public to hear.
The full album drops August 8th which you can pre-order for now. The album comes in a “Die-hard”edition which includes the "Breathless Spirit" 12" record, a limited edition "GLAMR" 7" featuring Volur/Cares and Bowed Arts AND a 20g bag of "Breathless Spirit" tea. So order your copy soon before they sell out here.
This stuff was such a technical challenge to mix, I’ll get more into it when the album comes out but it was beautifully and sparsely produced which challenged my approach to mixing by forcing me to keep things simple. I’ve been thinking of doing some mix breakdowns of this stuff in the coming weeks so I’ll get a bit deeper into what that meant to me when the time comes.
Check out this interview in Decibel magazine with Laura and Lucas to get a bit more info on the background and also some more of the backstory on the beautiful artwork they used.
Völur is
Laura C. Bates - violin, electric violin, viola, cymbals, and vocals
Lucas Gadke - electric bass, double bass, harmonium, keyboards, tanbur, clarinet, bass clarinet, and vocals
Justin Ruppel - drums, and percussion
Cares is:
James Beardmore - Synthesizers, keyboards, and production
Produced by: Völur & James Beardmore
Recorded between February 2020 and September 2023 at: Bilskirnir Studios and The Bates Motel by Völur
And at Marmaduke Studios in Toronto, Ontario by Ruben Huizenga
Mixed by Chris Snow at Halo Studio
Mastered by Reuben Ghose at Mojito Mastering
All music written by Völur and Cares
Lyrics by Lucas Gadke and Laura C. Bates
Breathless Spirit stone cut print by Saimaiyu Akesuk with permission of Dorset Fine Arts
Photograph by Rae Chatten (Trinity St. Paul’s Church 10/22/23)
Additional musicians:
Zoë Santo - viola on hearth
Amy Bowles - vocals on Winbourne Sorcery II