Eli Chen

by Whettman Chelmets

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1.
Eli Chen Lies Unconscious as the Rain Beats Against His Forehead 02:47
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Slowly Opens His Eyes to See the World Replaced by Cosmic Ancient Script 10:09
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3.
Speaking to the Archons 12:18
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Voices Speak Back in Crushing Waves 06:38
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Eli Chen Responds in Anger and Defense 08:01
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Eli Chen is Judged 03:01
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Breaking Through the Pleroma 01:30
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With Eli Chen, Whettman Chelmets returns to the themes of last year's 1000 Faces EP through the concept of Jungian archetypes. Whereas before the themes were general, carried through the idea of the Hero with a 1000 Faces, here we find a solitary individual brought through a specific mythological gnostic travel through the archons and spaces above to bring themselves (and us) through the fullness of it all.

Primarily recorded on May 27, 2020, the album is primarily based on one spontaneous act of creation. Tracks were set up for field recordings, guitars, strings, and loops, but nothing beyond basic keys were conceived before hitting the record button. What you hear is the best example of the artist live, where notes are fed and built and looped and destroyed only to be rebuilt again. Some of the loudest and heavy and most beautiful post-rock influence can be heard here alongside his characteristic drone and ambient work. Eli Chen plays out through builds and crescendos and sheets of sound before collapsing into a solitary sound and fading away.

Whettman Chelmets - snores, guitars, strings, field recordings, drones, crashes, clanks.

Recorded in one take on May 27, 2020 in-between his daughter napping. Originally part of the Harmony Index Livestream Concert of June 13, 2020.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMDnG-n4Y7M

Additional drones and clicky sounds added August, 2020.

Mixed and Mastered by Whettman Chelmets in his living room, August, 2020.


PLEASE NOTE: If you would like to support this album Digitally, please visit Whettman Chelmets page at whettmanchelmets.bandcamp.com to purchase Eli Chen so that Digital sales can go directly to the artist.

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released January 1, 2021

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