{"title":"Kennebec","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"departure","title":"Departure","description":"\u003cp\u003eBased out of a Portland and working as a teacher, film composer, and mentorship under Mark Orton (Nebraska, Tin Hat.) Eric Phillips' musical vision for Kennebec - a catalogue of his time spent in the Olympic Peninsula - led to him producing \u003ci\u003eDeparture\u003c\/i\u003e in Spring 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt took two long years of patient, daily labour to complete the album, during which time influences such as Studio Ghibli soundtrack composer Joe Hisaishi, cult hip hop artist Nujabes as well as Australia’s Taylor Crawford and Tycho’s ambient electronica began to permeate the soundworld. Night Time Stories, sister label of acclaimed Late Night Tales, release his much anticipated debut album and Kennebec will become part of an internationally respected roster including Khraungbin, Leifur James and Ash Walker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn \u003ci\u003eDeparture\u003c\/i\u003e, organic beats and soaring string lines envelope the listener with a dreamful kind of optimism. New single\u003ci\u003e Seasons Change\u003c\/i\u003e is a silky myriad of sounds, textures and techniques that melt against a backdrop of subtle electronics, while \u003ci\u003eKalahari \u003c\/i\u003eglistens with curiosity and adventure as magnetic strings meet with a mosaic of horns. Elsewhere, the melancholic and wistful moods of \u003ci\u003eWellspring\u003c\/i\u003e provide a moment of reflection before the warm, fuzzy, feel good grooves of \u003ci\u003eQuest\u003c\/i\u003e, embellished by flutes and sax, venture into more overt atmospherics and fluid modulations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the Kennebec project, Phillips has enjoyed working on and composing the music for numerous feature films, shorts, national parks films, documentaries (including 2017’s National Geographic ‘From the Ashes’), advertisements and video games. Films Phillip’s has worked on have screened and are set to screen at the Toronto, Napa Valley and Big Sky film festivals as well as National Geographic and more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Night Time Stories","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50498711781707,"sku":"1083005","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/d9bd8719-327b-4345-b6b8-7e51c08ee396_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727754866"},{"product_id":"without-star-or-compass","title":"Without Star or Compass","description":"\u003cp\u003eKennebec is the critically acclaimed musical outlet of Eric Phillips, a composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist living in Portland, Oregon. Drawing from an eclectic array of influences to create his own unique style of cinematic electronic music, he is set to release his sophomore album \u003ci\u003eWithout Star or Compass\u003c\/i\u003e via Night Times Stories, the sister label to LateNightTales.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReleasing his debut album\u003ci\u003e Departure \u003c\/i\u003eat the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020,\u003ci\u003e Without Star or Compass\u003c\/i\u003e was written and recorded during a phase in Phillips’ life which allowed him to re-examine his motivations. “The first primary influence for this record is that, more so than ‘Departure’, I wanted to write this record for my friends and others rather than for myself. Maybe it's also a product of maturing, but I wanted the music to communicate more clearly to others, and be less of an exercise of some kind for myself.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the subtle electronica of ‘Leaving The Canyons’ featuring the distinctive vocals of Future Islands frontman Samuel T. Herring, the expanding electronic beats of ‘Tall Tales’ featuring Hemlock Ernst (the rap moniker of Samuel T. Herring) and US singer Sudan Archives, to the effortlessly cast rhythms of ‘The Great Divide’ featuring Yazz Ahmed on horns, Phillips set out to make an album which was more direct with sparser arrangements and distinct melodies, while still maintaining the eclectic and creative nature of his debut. “I think if I were a writer, my words would be all setting and very little narrative. I'm really trying to evoke a sense of place and motion and journey and environment but the facts of the story are left vague.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn working with Herring, Phillips adds, “I think our styles just resonated well with one another, and we clicked naturally. We sent some ideas back and forth remotely and then he flew out to Portland and we recorded all the vocals in three days together. It was so fun and inspiring - and really deepened my appreciation for his craft. He's such a nice guy and a total genius. Sam's lyrics really hit a beautiful balance between that sense of magic and folklore in the natural world that I'm after, while really bringing his own sense of narrative. He's really amazing at constructing lyrical concepts in a way that I think compliments my own strengths (and weaknesses).”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout \u003ci\u003eWithout Star or Compass\u003c\/i\u003e, Phillips masterfully creates an evocative sense of place and motion in a cinematic way, in part due to his love of soundtrack music, a heavy influence on the album. ‘Castalay's Fountain’ was inspired by classic JRPG music such as ‘Zelda’, ‘Chrono Trigger’ and ‘Final Fantasy’, while instrumental tracks ‘Friendship song’, ‘The Great Divide’ and ‘Calyptra’ are rich in cinematic grandeur. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to the Kennebec project, Phillips has composed the music for numerous feature films, documentaries, podcasts and games. 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