{"title":"Washed Out","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWashed Out is the stage name of Ernest Greene, an electronic musician hailing from Georgia, USA. Known for his expertise in Chillwave, Washed Out has captivated audiences with his unique sound and atmospheric vibes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by artists such as Neon Indian, Toro y Moi, and Wild Nothing, Washed Out creates dreamy and nostalgic music that transports listeners to another world. His tracks are a perfect blend of electronic beats and soothing melodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you enjoy the sounds of Small Black, Millionyoung, or Craft Spells, then Washed Out's music will surely resonate with you. With influences ranging from indie pop to synth-pop, he has carved out a distinct niche in the music industry.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"mister-mellow","title":"Mister Mellow","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn \u003ci\u003eMister Mellow\u003c\/i\u003e, Greene draws from the experimental collage techniques of musique concrète and plunderphonics artists such as The Residents. Combining styles as diverse as free jazz, house, hip-hop and psych together with interlude-esque voiceover samples, often pulled from anonymous YouTube vlogs, he creates a busy, chaotic, and caricaturish mix that mirrors the claustrophobic, hyper-stimulated psyche so familiar to young adults. As he continues to carve out his innovative sonic identity, influenced by the world around him but unafraid to buck trends, it’s fitting that Greene has partnered with legendary hip hop label Stones Throw Records, long a home for beat-loving musical rebels. His approach to releasing music is every bit as individual, too: in an environment where compiling singles into an album format or working with a single video director are the norm, Greene has chosen to commission eleven different artists to bring the visual aspect of his fully-realized album project to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLP+ - Rough Trade Exclusive. 300 Copies on Clear Vinyl with Yellow Blob. Comes with Insert with link to visual album.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLP - Black Vinyl. 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You can sense it in his immersive, amorphous vocals, the expansive soundscapes, the wistful storytelling. It’s a sweet spot where, says its creative force, Ernest Greene, “any sort of association or memory from the past can transport you instantly. I love that.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGreene’s transcendent output has earned him the moniker of “Godfather of Chillwave” by Pitchfork and a co-sign from Portlandia, which borrowed his track, “Feel It All Around,” for its utopian theme song. His latest, \u003cem\u003eNotes From a Quiet Life\u003c\/em\u003e arrives after delivering more than a decade of distinct and disparate creative re-imaginations at a remarkably high level (five albums, two EPs).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNotes From a Quiet Life\u003c\/em\u003e is bold in its intuitiveness: Greene has left the treadmill of music-as-a-business, instead letting his artistic interests lead the way. “Each album,” says Green, who also paints and sculpts, “is a world-building exercise.” The Georgia native left Atlanta in 2021 to move back to the countryside he knew growing up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhere escapism once flooded his thoughts, today he is preoccupied with the universe of wonder in the reality around him. He named the former horse farm he moved to “Endymion” (after the pastoral John Keats poem about a lovesick shepherd — its opening line: “A thing of beauty is a joy for ever”), and it has shaped all that he’s created there, from his music to his albums’ creative direction to his planned large scale visual-art experiments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“I’ve read that every five, maybe 10, years, you’re practically a different person — like literally, on a cellular level,” Greene explains. “The things that you’re going through will end up changing you, and you’re kind of a different person. This album is a reflection of that. Experimenting with painting and sculpture helps my music. They influence each other. That was a kind of realization for me. I don’t want to look back on my life one day, and be like, ’Oh, it was all about maximizing productivity,’” he says. “I want to enjoy this.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat purity of vision is what makes \u003cem\u003eNotes From a Quiet Life\u003c\/em\u003e so potent. It’s the first album Greene wholly self-produced, with some mixing assistance from Nathan Boddy (James Blake, Mura Masa) and David Wrench (Caribou, Florence + the Machine).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOf the latter, he observes, “The majority of his working life was spent on his country estate, and he wasn’t living a cosmopolitan lifestyle. 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With \u003ci\u003ePurple Noon\u003c\/i\u003e, his fourth album, and his return to Sub Pop, he delivers the most accessible Washed Out creation to date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife of Leisure\u003c\/i\u003e, Washed Out’s 2009 debut EP, set the bar for the Chillwave era, shimmering in a warm haze of off-the-cuff Polaroids and pre-IG filters. \u003ci\u003eWithin and Without,\u003c\/i\u003e his 2011 full-length debut on Sub Pop, morphed into nocturnal, icy synth-pop and embraced provocative imagery. 2013’s Paracosm was Greene’s take on psychedelia, with a full live band and kaleidoscopic light show, and saw him playing to the largest audiences of his career. The sample-heavy \u003ci\u003eMister Mellow\u003c\/i\u003e (2017, Stone’s Throw) delivered a 360 audio\/visual experience, with cut-n-paste and hand-drawn animation to match the hip-hop influences throughout the album. With each release, Greene has approached his evolving project with meticulous detail and a steadfast vision. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor \u003ci\u003ePurple Noon\u003c\/i\u003e, Greene again wrote, recorded, and produced the entirety of the album, with mixing handled by frequent collaborator Ben H. Allen (\u003ci\u003eParacosm, Within and Without\u003c\/i\u003e). Production of the album followed a brief stint of writing for other artists (most notably Sudan Archives) which enabled Greene to explore genres like R\u0026amp;B and modern pop. These brighter, more robust sounds made their way into the songs of \u003ci\u003ePurple Noon\u003c\/i\u003e and mark a new chapter for Greene as a producer and songwriter. The vocals are front and center, tempos are slower, beats bolder, and there’s a more comprehensive depth of dynamics. 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