{"title":"Alison Clancy","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-well-the-independent-project-records-collection-ii-special-edition-cd","title":"THE WELL - The Independent Project Records Collection II - Special Edition CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE WELL is Independent Project Records’ own take on digging deep and unearthing revelatory treasures from its 45-year history. A trip through the past, present and future of a label that since 1980 has made the most prominent part of its name, that resounding “Independent”, not a trendy epithet but a mission.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe two-album compilation is an invite to join the dots and find out what makes Afterimage – the early '80s band The Los Angeles Times once called “LA’s own Joy Division” – and Alison Clancy – the artist making ethereal ambient dream pop in the basement of New York’s Metropolitan Opera House, where she works as a dancer – kindred spirits. You’re invited to find similarities in the way The Ophelias reclaimed San Francisco’s unfettered psychedelic rock roots at a time (the mid '80s) when the city had consigned itself  to the commercial muscle of arena rock, and the way Half String brought a wide-eyed shoegaze revolution outside of '90s indie’s hotspots, heading the Beautiful Noise scene in Arizona.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat all the artists appearing in this decades-spanning, genre-defying compilation seem to have in common is a certain transfixing quality. It may be put in motion by the hypnotic rumble of a post-punk groove or by the celestial peaks of an ambient piece so immersive it seems capable of freezing time. These are musicians with a determination to do things their own way. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independent Project Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49719853514989,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0804\/6995\/0701\/files\/260511_WELL_package_IP091_SECD_01.jpg?v=1778687746"},{"product_id":"alison-clancy-mutant-gifts-cd","title":"ALISON CLANCY - Mutant Gifts CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eIndependent Project Records is pleased to present Mutant Gifts, a three song CD EP from New York-based interdisciplinary artist Alison Clancy, a singular artist in pursuit of beauty and catharsis. Alison directs experimental projects bridging the worlds of music, dance, film, photography, installation and somatic study. Most of her days start with ballet and end with an electric guitar. She works with eclectically beautiful collaborators to create otherworldly environments: lost intersections where we search for ourselves in the shadows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmidst the chaos of the past two years Alison, like so many artists through the ages, found creative refuge in a Church. Alison was invited to live as an artist in residence on the beautiful campus of St. John’s Church in the West Village of New York City. Inspired by the shimmering acoustics Alison would spend hours deep into the night composing music on electric guitar with a myriad of looping and effects pedals. It was here she wrote the hypnotic songs of Mutant Gifts and invited Brent Arnold, and the resonant warmth of his cello, to join her. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMutant Gifts is the first release of Alison's current recordings, with more to follow. Mixed by Noah Georgeson and packaged in a deluxe, metallic oversized folder letterpress printed at Independent Project Press including three photographic card inserts, this exquisite artifact can now be yours.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independent Project Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49719855087853,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0804\/6995\/0701\/files\/feb567e2-e1014b_85ab9cef8d2145ca908fd0b53d07bd9d_mv2.jpg?v=1774300803"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.independentprojectrecords.com\/collections\/alison-clancy.oembed","provider":"Independent Project Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}