Tim Saul's album “Thresholds”

is out Feb 3, 2023

★ I Love it!
- Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith (electronic music artist)

 

About the album:

Tim Saul merges a range of influences he grew up listening to in the 80's : Alt Rock, Post punk, Dream Pop & pioneering electronic artists. In the process creating a stylistically hybrid track, with a distinct nod towards the iconic sound of the Cocteau Twins, mixed with timeless psychedelic overtones, bringing to mind contemporary artists such as Sigur Ros & the Unloved. A simple & powerful, hypnotic synth riff sits atop a foundation of driving bass & drums, whilst enchanting clouds of vocal harmonies - reminiscent of Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares – rise & fall as intense cinematic strings pull the track towards to an intense crescendo.

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Originating from the Bristol music scene that came to prominence in the 90's, He performed in several bands before gravitating towards songwriting & studio production as part of the Trip-Hop duo Earthling (UK Top 50 LP “Radar" released in 1995). Other artists Tim has worked with include: Earthling, Portishead, Geof Barrow, Julee Cruise, Ray Manzarek, Stephanie McKay, Intik, Mozella, Rhett Brewer, Kid Loco. Tim has written extensively for a variety of media projects. Clients include: Academy Awards, Lexus, Levi's, Saatchi and Saatchi, Canal+, Standard Music Library, BFI, Channel4, BBC, Koka Media, Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, Chocolate Films, TF1, France Inter and France Culture.

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In Tim’s words:
Thresholds : the in-between spaces, the border lines of our experience, behaviour & imaginations, trigger points to our perception of pleasure & pain. After surviving a life- threatening illness in 2014, in the last few years I've slowly returned to making music again, after a particularly stark period when I found music too overwhelming to listen to at all.

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Throughout the making of this album there was plenty of life lived, but also a lot of death – including both my parents & some dear family & friends. I dedicate the music in Thresholds to the continued memory of those loved ones, in celebration of their lives & to the inspiration I carry forward into my days.
 

Connecting with creativity during this time felt like a real act of defiance & over time I arrived at 9 tracks - appropriately enough as 9 symbolises the cycle of Life, Death & Rebirth.

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After a long period of inactivity, I continue to emerge into these times, where the veil that separates world's feels so simply & so palpably thin. Gather ye ghosts & core angels & live life to the full, for everything up until death, is indeed life.”.

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01 Cryptophasia

02 24 George Street Featuring Elsa Esmeralda (single 2) 

03 The Humming

04 Behind the Lights are the Stars

05 Radiant Particulars (Single 1)

06 Thresholds

07 Fly Away Featuring Julee Cruise (album focus track)

08 OnlyAvailableLight

09 Alone, Together, We Are

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All tracks Written & Produced by Tim Saul (Bass, Guitar, Piano, Keyboards & Programming). Except Track 2 co-wrote with Elsa “Esmeralda” Hedberg who does the vocals. Guitar on Track 7 – J.C.Concato. Voice on Track 3 - Carmen Squire. Voice on Track 06 - Ulysses Black, and track 7 co-wrote with Julee Cruise.

Tracks 3, 4 , 5 , 6 & 9 Mixed with Jamie Orchard - Lisle @Invada Studio’s, Bristol. Tracks 1, 2 & 7 Mixed with Simon Janes @Homeward Studios, Brighton. Track 8 Mixed with Stu

Matthews @Invada Studio’s, Bristol. Tracks 3, 4 , 5 , 6 , 8 & 9 Mastered by James Trevascus. Tracks 1, 2 & 5 Mastered with Simon Janes.

Artwork Credits : Sleeve design by Nathan Church & Tim Saul. Original drawings by John Earnest Weaver from The Ecological Relations of Roots, 1919. (Creative commons)

Special thanks to Jane Bon-Bane, Geoff Barrow, Stu Matthews & all @Invada Studios, Nathan Church, Ruthie Gorlov, Stephen Russell, Paula Jackson, Paul Ablett, Sarah Boyes, John Cloud @Barkatyourowner & Help Musicians UK.

The new album is a venture into downtempo beats mixed with neo classical and cinematic soundscapes. We are targeting fans of downtempo, trip hop, neo-classical, and fans of Cinematic music.

For fans Of : The Cinematic Orchestra, Massive Attack, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Clint Mansell, Brian Eno & David Byrne, Nils Frahm, Harold Budd, Ryuichi Sakamoto 

Hashtags for the Album : 

#Downtempo #New Classical #Neo-Classical #Electronic #Deep Listening #Trip- Hop #Chill #Electronica #Beautronica #Minimalist #Cinematic #Alternative #Spoken word

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