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Gifts from the Ebb Tide

by Coupler

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Beautiful gatefold packaging featuring Sea colored vinyl and artwork by Peter Skwiot and Mia Krout.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Gifts from the Ebb Tide via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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    CD gatefold packaging featuring artwork by Peter Skwiot and Mia Krout.

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"Ryan Norris, the main engine behind Coupler, blends organic and electronic elements into enchanting, immersive techno...""
— Bandcamp

"A gift indeed."
— Pitchfork

"Atmosphere-laden, lush and addictively escapist..."
— Electronic Sound Magazine

"...just as show-stopping as anyone would guess."
— Ravelin Magazine

All selections written by Ryan Norris
Sounding Brass Music (ASCAP) administered by Pacific Electric Music Publishing/Gilda Music 2017

Recorded, produced and edited by Ryan Norris at Sweetblood Sound
except Invention 2: Pattern Recognition recorded, produced and edited by Roger Moutenot at Haptown and Ryan Norris at Sweetblood Sound
Mixed by Jeremy Ferguson at Battle Tapes
Mastered by John Baldwin
Design and layout by Michael Eades, Waves courtesy of Peter Skwiot Smith, Zebrafish Embryo courtesy of Mia Krout
Recorded in Nashville, TN

Special Thanks
Russell Cothran, Michael Eades, Joshua Gillis, Zack Hall, Toby Leonard, Ben Marcantel, Lee Noble, George and Joanie Norris, Ben Swank, James Toth, Garry Velletri, John Warren

For Mia, the source of all my best ideas

YK-049 - couplermusic.com - ykrecords.com

credits

released November 17, 2017

INVENTION 1: Dreams of Strange Continents
Ryan Norris – atavism, Korg MS-20, Mellotron, Moog Opus 3, solar wind, treatments, vocal synthesis
Vocal samples courtesy of Cortney Tidwell


INVENTION 2: Pattern Recognition
Watch the Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls4qYq3t0Jc
Rodrigo Avendaño – treatments
Matt Glassmeyer – clarinet, contra-alto clarinet
Rollum Haas – Univox synthesizer
Roger Moutenot – EVP, mbira, vocal samples
Ryan Norris – drum & bass programming, existential dread, gated keys, Korg MS-20, Mellotron, treatments,
West African guitar



INVENTION 3: Gifts from the Ebb Tide
Rodrigo Avendaño – treatments
Matt Glassmeyer – baritone saxophone, voice
Rollum Haas – sea spray, white noise snare
Ryan Norris – Mellotron, Moog Opus 3, triggered bass


INVENTION 4: Silenzio (or Sadak In Search of the Waters of Oblivion)
Rodrigo Avendaño – snare, treatments
Matt Glassmeyer – effects, pandeiro, tenor saxophone
Rollum Haas – Univox synthesizer, synthesizer bass
Ryan Norris – bass sequence, drum programming, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Korg drawbar organ, Korg MS-20, Mellotron, Moog Opus 3, technophobia, white noise snare

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Coupler Chicago, Illinois

Started in 2012, Coupler is the pseudonym of Ryan Norris and a rotating cast of collaborators; Rodrigo Avendano, Rollum Haas and Michael Hilger among them. It's membership has occasionally swollen to eight but its core is Norris and a maelstrom of ideas. ... more

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