{"product_id":"ar-ais-aris","title":"Ar Ais Ars","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAr Ais Arís,\u003c\/i\u003e the third album by Irish producer Gareth Quinn Redmond, following his amazing Satoshi Ashikawa-inspired \u003ci\u003eLaistigh Den Ghleo\u003c\/i\u003e released in 2019 and this year’s ambient-meets-Irish-traditional-music soundscape \u003ci\u003eUmcheol\u003c\/i\u003e. The 8-track LP comes as a limited edition of 500 copies worldwide with artwork by Dublin artist Barry Gibbons and liner notes from Gareth Quinn Redmond himself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAr Ais Arís\u003c\/i\u003e is Gareth Quinn Redmond’s fortuitous love affair with the art of tape loops - a practice he discovered while performing with Ross Chaney and Myles O’Reilly in late November 2020. Fascinated, he spent months experimenting with the technique: By cracking open the shell of a cassette, cutting the tape and splicing the ends together, I created repeating sound loops of varying lengths. After reassembling and slotting the cassette into the Tascam Portastudio, I recorded and played back the sounds of the tape loop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese sounds were then manipulated using the pitch wheel to make subtle and warbly inflections to the recordings. This is achieved by speeding up or slowing down the playback speed of the tape, which offers dynamic contrasts in both mood and texture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is 8 deliciously enchanting minimalistic tape loops creating a very rare kind of daydreaming environmental music full of accidental miracles and dusty soothing backdrops. It’s a very very very pleasant listening experience inspiring a feeling of enveloping warmth and gentle coziness, with an uncanny touch of spellbinding magic. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50477744718155,"sku":"2013973","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/WRWTFWW068_9c786d3a_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727477559","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/ar-ais-aris","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}