taupe set xl
PRE ORDER: Ships on or shortly before release date of 14 May
swamp prayer
by taupe set xl
โ black vinyl
โ bespoke hemp paper jackets silkscreened by Mark Rice (Goatmother Industrial) using black + custom "iridescent peach" ink
โ limited 100 copies
๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ,
๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ฆ โ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ข๐ณ
๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด.
๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด.
- Kristen Soller, April 2022
โIn the back of the throat there is a subterranean river that holds you, humming towards the caveโs end. This end is a liminal mirror reflecting the contours of your voice. The mirror shows how โwhen brought to certain aquatic depthsโ unheard of limbs and wondrous branches are prone to sprout from your voice. Blind sibyls, your voiceโs branches climb towards the surface, in search of light and warmth. After the great drought, your voiceโs limbs persevere. They stand naked, pulsating in the purple that lies underneath grey. Your voiceโs limbs erect themselves as monuments to air, kin among the deafening night. The water level is now only tall enough to keep your voiceโs core below. Your voice, fed by the swamp, cradled by duckweed, wrapped in horse tail, has become a secret organ. Your voice palpitates and releases twin echoes that undulate, to smokeโs rhythm, in the afterglow. Intricately connected by labyrinth to soil and moon, through the water liliesโ roots, your voice weaves an underweb that flickers like the eye of a flame. Your voice sediments the entwined veils of miracle and prayer.โ
- Marta Nรบรฑez Pouzols, October 2023
credits
releases May 14, 2024
taupe set xl is the devotional sound project of Kristen Soller, a Miami-based artist and hypnotist of the Philippine diaspora. Kristen illuminates the subterranean and oneiric landscapes of imagination, spirit, and memory โ giving voice to the personal and ancestral stories of grief and desire that emerge in the process.
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All music by Kristen Soller
Audio finalized by Glyn Maier
Cover photo by Jenn Huynh
Design by Joe Bastardo
All proceeds to:
Love the Everglades Movement (www.lovetheeverglades.org)
Union of Agricultural Work Committees, Palestine (uawc-pal.org)