Artwork by
Chris Dunsmore and Angie Ouellette

The Estate of Winter

from Stem Splitter

November 22nd, 2024
5 tracks
13:14
Stem Splitter
Stem Splitter
The Estate of Winter
0:00
2:43
The Estate of Winter
Ingrid
2:48

This album is composed mostly of samples culled from slowed-down cassette tapes. Mostly, those samples were chopped up, sped up, stretched out, slowed down, pitched this way and that, and processed to create a murky kind of in-between, a shaky liminal space. The project was sparked by Dogbotic's Cassette Hacking class, not only because it taught me to slow down a cassette player's motor, but because they sent me two tapes to hack with: Fun Rock, a compilation of rock songs that are fun, and Wilson Phillips' self-titled album. I dug some more material out of a homemade mixtape labeled "Random Access Memories III," which I discovered at my local record store.

Credits

Arrangement and lyrics by Chris Dunsmore
Produced by Chris Dunsmore
Mixed and mastered by Chris Dunsmore
Cover photo by Chris Dunsmore
Cover design by Chris Dunsmore and Angie Ouellette
Composed and Recorded in Santa Barbara, California