Praise for Michael Vincent Waller:

  

Every note and gesture seems to be deeply felt and philosophically weighted before a hand touches a piano key or lifts a mallet…gorgeous…evocative…nothing less than cathartic.

Pitchfork  

As its title suggests, Moments is a sentimental body of work that assumes a patient intensity.
Bandcamp


Waller's ability to shift focus so effectively within a seven-minute composition is the stuff of which great composers are made.
Exclaim!

  

The music isn't like anything I’d ever heard.

Chicago Reader


ABOUT THIS RECORD

'Moments Remixes' began from a conversation with Jlin. We did an interview together for Talkhouse in fall of 2019, in season with the original Moments release on Unseen Worlds. Her poignant and effusive dialogue sparked the inspiration for us to do a remix together. That organically evolved into a full project idea. Xiu Xiu did the second remix in January 2020, and before things continued further - the pandemic was upon us. During the course of the pandemic, it evolved more, and organically became a more focused project for the isolation and lack of in-person collaborative environments/performance halls. All of but one remix were completed by 2021, and then refined and curated further over the following (four) years. The highlighted dialogue across the album is how these sparse, melodic minimalism of piano and vibraphone could manifest in a diversity of experimental sub-genres: electronica, IDM, avant-rock, drone/ambient. The careful curation and illustrative collaborators elicit the transportive 'new moments' and permeable qualities of the core compositions, that discover uncharted life in this project. (Michael Vincent Waller, October 2023)


ABOUT MICHAEL VINCENT WALLER

Michael Vincent Waller is an American composer based in New York City. His music has been described as lyrical and introspective, drawing inspiration from impressionism, post-minimalism and world music.
Waller’s practice has been cultivated through private study with La Monte Young and Bunita Marcus. He has released three full length albums: The South Shore (XI), Trajectories (Recital), and Moments (Unseen Worlds) – which have garnered reviews in the WIRE and Pitchfork, amongst many others.
In collaboration with noted soloists and ensembles including R. Andrew Lee, Stephane Ginsburg, Dante Boon, the S.E.M. Ensemble, and Ensemble Dedalus, Waller’s work has been performed at Carnegie Hall, ISSUE Project Room, Roulette, Palais de Tokyo Museum, and SXSW.

• 03 Return from LA II
  Moor Mother Remix

  01:29

• 04 Nocturnes No. 4
  Jlin Remix

  03:17

• 09 For Pauline
  Yu Su Remix

  05:58

• 10 Return from LA I
  Jefre Cantu-Ledesma Remix

  05:36

• 12 For Papa
  DJ Marcelle/Another Nice Mess Remix

  04:24

• 13 Vibrafono Studio
  Fennesz Remix

  04:53

• 14 Jennifer
  Loraine James Remix

  03:13

• 16 Roman
  Xiu Xiu Remix

  05:28