Gonemage | Handheld Demise | Guest vocals

Sometimes you stumble across a sound that pushes the boundaries of what you thought you could create within the balance of noise and music. The Gonemage project caught my attention for exactly this reason, and I was super eager to join in on the collaboration for the newest album Handheld Demise. I’m a fan of anything that explores aesthetics and concepts, and with the strange retro gaming black metal nightmare world of this collection, I really experienced and opportunity to grow as an artist working on these recordings.

Freeform arrangement

For the outro of track 13, “From Walls to Woods”, I had the honor and joy of arranging and creating a freeform choir part based off of the lyrics sent to me.
I approached it like a Gregorian type chant, going in without notating any music down like I usually do. I stayed true to the rhythm and expression naturally occurring in the lyrics, improvising and inching my way towards the final arrangement.
Stretching the full span of my clean voice range, I tried to emulate the rich, colorful and dissonant soundscape found on the rest of the tracks on this strange and exciting album.

My voice is in the best company with this massive cast of guest artists:

Alec A. Head – Backing clean vocals on 2, 3, 5, & 10. (Ghostbound) || Armando Puente Jr. – Backing falsetto vocals on 1 & 12. || AV Kid – Backing clean vocals on 4. || B. Elkins – Backing low vocals on 4. (An Evening Redness) || Bob Dzrunkel – Backing vocals on 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, & 13. || Brendan Sloan – Backing vocals on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 10. (Altars et al) || Cameron Davis – Backing vocals on 5, 6, 9, & 10. (Cicada the Burrower) || claire.computer – Noise outro/outro lyrics on 7 & 9. (claire.computer) || Cuticult – Chiptune composition/instruments on 8. (Cuticult) || Danae Lelina – Lead chorus clean vocals on 6. || Dave Petersen – Bitcrushed/Digitized vocals on 2 &10. (Hallucinogenic Bulb) || Deedee – Backing vocals on 2 & 3. (MSPAINT) || Déhà – Backing clean/harsh vocals on 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, & 11. (Various) || Fire-Toolz – Backing vocals on 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, & 13. (Fire-Toolz) || G.E.F. – Backing low vocals on 2, 4, 9, & 10. (Thecodontion) || Gene Hex – Backing clean and harsh vocals on 5 & 12. (Evening of Light) || Greg Kennelty – Ambient outro on 5, Ambient intro on 11 (Chalk Portraits) || Grotesque Misalignment – Backing vocals on 11. (Grotesque Misalignment) || Ivan Belcic – Backing vocals on 2 & 13. (Kosmogyr) || Jay Spurcăciune – Backing low vocals on 3. (Cold Brats – vocals recorded/edited OsimetriC Music Productions) || John Kerr – Backing vocals on 1, 2, 3, & 4. Aux percussion on 3 & 4. (Pyrithe) || Lorenzo Vincenzo – Lead falsetto vocals on 12. || Lunar Cult – Chiptune/DS Outro on 13. (Lunar Cult) || Matthew Giniat – Backing vocals on 2 & 10. (4th Time’s the Charm) || Melora Cayce – Backing vocals on 5 & 10. (Wound Licker) || McMansion – Backing vocals on 4. (McMansion) || Michael Alan Prince III – Backing vocals on 1. (Lord dealwithit) || Mirai Kawashima – Lead vocals on 4. (Sigh [!!!!]) || Misandr – Backing vocals on 3, 10, & 11. Noise intro on 13. (Misandr) || Nicholas Hertzberg – Backing vocals on 1 & 10. (All Of The Blood) || Ophelia Jocelyn – Lead/backing clean vocals on 2, 5, & 13. (Opheliac) || Rail/Slave – Intro/sampling on 9. (Rail/Slave) || Ria Wigley – Backing vocals on 12. (Karnstein) || Rich Loren Balling – Backing/lead clean vocals on 2, 5, 6, & 7. (Pyramids) || Ryan Harper – Backing vocals on 3 & 4. (Tumultuous Ruin) || Sammy Gurule – Backing/lead shrieking vocals on 4, 5, & 13. (Warren of Ohms) || Sofia Schmidt – Clean choir vocals on 2, 10, & 13. (Ethereal Kingdoms) || Stilgar – Backing clean vocals on 2, 5, 6, & 12. (Thecodontion) || Winterquilt – Chiptune outro on 2 & 11. (Winterquilt) || Yin Shyen – Lead clean vocals on 7. || Zach Jenckes – Backing vocals on 1. (The Holloway Tape) || Zooey “Räudig” Klamma – Additional falsetto vocals on 1 & 11. (Chainmail)

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