Lovesliescrushing | Artist
Lovesliescrushing is an American ambient and shoegaze band formed 1991 in East Lansing, Michigan, by Melissa Arpin-Duimstra (vocals) and Scott Cortez (guitars, loops, treatments). Guest musicians for live performances have including Michael Anderson (Turn Pale, Drekka), Ana Breton (Dead Leaf Echo, Mahogany), Alyssa Browne and Andrew Prinz (Mahogany). The duo met after college in East Lansing, where Arpin Duimstra had just started law school and Cortez was working in a vintage clothing store. They had a number of musical interests in common: MBV, the Cocteau Twins, the Smiths, Joy Division, Brian Eno, Terry Riley, and Philip Glass. Soon after forming the band, Cortez and Arpin-Duimstra moved to Tucson, Arizona, where in 1992 they issued the Blow Eyelash Wish EP on cassette in 1992 on their own Lullaby label. The following year saw the release of their debut album, similarly titled Bloweyelashwish. The album attracted positive reviews for its otherworldly ambient shoegaze wall of sound, described on AllMusic as "an amazing sonic bomb". The more experimental follow-up Xuvetyn was released in 1996 and AllMusic called it "even more of a mindblowing blast than Bloweyelashwish, 20 minutes longer and extending the spirit of that album's collision between brute feedback and serene sculpture in astounding directions". After a hiatus working on other projects, the duo returned in 2002 with the Glissceule album, released by Sonic Syrup. AllMusic called it "a mesmerizing collection of beautiful noise, 17 tracks of pearly lightness, angelically naïve with drumless textures". It was followed later that year by Voirshn, a Projekt release consisting of tracks that were left off of Glissceule. These albums relied on heavily processed guitar, and Cortez dubbed the band's new sound "glitch bliss". In 2010, Projekt issued the Girl. Echo. Suns. Veils. box set, which included outtakes from various recording sessions plus a bonus second disc titled Avianium (Microphona Magnetica); which was also issued separately as Aviatrix. Lovesliescrushing released two albums in 2012, Shiny Tiny Stars (Handmade Birds) and Glinter. They then self-released Ghost Colored Halo in 2013. Scott Cortez, who plays all the instruments and produces the band's recordings, is acclaimed for his technical creativity, use of studio effects and for recording all the lovesliescrushing albums on a TASCAM Portastudio. In a 2010 interview, he said, "I use several loopers, EQ and reverb mostly to manipulate time and sound. I also have had a few custom instruments to explore new textures. But the most important gear are my ears and brain, without them, you have no imagination running the tools." Cortez has cited influences such as My Bloody Valentine, John Cage, Cocteau Twins, Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, György Ligeti, Harold Budd, Jon Hassell, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, Arvo Pärt, Henryk Górecki, and Glenn Branca.
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Featured Albums: Lovesliescrushing
Related Artists: Melissa Arpin, Scott Cortez
