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Littlefolk

by Mount Maxwell

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ar-chee-bald From intently listing, enveloping texture-scape to warmly glowing focused b-line glide through the deepest and oldest misty/sunlit wilderness. Impelled by rich, satisfying percussive propulsion. There's a reductive description of my experience. A deeply inspired, inspiring record!
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1.
Sea of Milk 02:22
2.
Maze Crete 05:41
3.
Sky Eye 05:10
4.
A Long Road 05:52
5.
Ages 04:40
6.
Slow Moves 03:38
7.
Tree Motion 03:46
8.
Littlefolk 08:46
9.
Mist 03:59
10.
Hi Traveller 03:40

about

Mount Maxwell returns with another full length journey into memory, melody, and geography - this time roaming beyond the BC environs of his previous records into a stranger, less knowable country. While still woozily nostalgic in the vein of 'Only Children' and 'The People’s Forest', this outing feels more exploratory and wide ranging in scope, with a denser mixture of influences at play. The somnambulistic drift of 'Sea of Milk' sets the stage with a series of wavering synth pulses that push us languidly toward land, eventually setting us down on the sands of 'Maze Crete', where a shadowy latticework of hand drums, flutes and synths await. From there we ascend to the aptly named 'Sky Eye', a rolling mixture of acoustic beats and analog string machines that gives us our first bird’s eye view of the album’s landscape. 'A Long Road' pushes the acoustic instrumentation further, with shimmering tambourine marking time for a collection of hand drums and shakers, while 'Ages' summons up an occult-like dream of glacial arpeggios and whispering synths. 'Slow Moves' and 'Tree Motion' float effortlessly along on beds of lazy congas and woodblocks before finally giving way to the title track - a heady juggernaut of distorted synths and trundling rhythms that propels us through the album’s second half like a locomotive through darkening hills. Drawing the record to a close, the gently repeating keyboard phrase of 'Mist' blooms unexpectedly into a rainbow of human voices before evaporating into the oceanic swells of 'Hi Traveller'. And there 'Littlefolk' leaves us as it found us; adrift on a strange sea.

All music written and recorded by Mount Maxwell at Hotham Sound Mobile Recording Studios, Vancouver, BC, 2022-23. Additional instrumentation and voice work by Lorna Rowe. Mastering by Noah Mintz.

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released November 24, 2023

'...his most fully realized statement to date, a further refinement of his sound that draws a wavering line through kraut-y new age exploration, nebulous fourth world, and folk-laced IDM, always tugging at the loose strings of our smudged memory. The album also draws inspiration from the natural world, an ongoing obsession in Tolagson’s releases, utilizing field recordings of the wind, forests and the ocean to bring the record an earthly vibration that meshes easily with his wandering synths, eastern drones, mystical percussion and hazy vocal snippets. Littlefolk comes with the highest of recommendations, and we humbly submit this as one of the finest electronic albums to have ever come out of our city.'
-AUDIOPILE

'A heady downtempo affair that slips effortlessly between classic chill out, peyote peaking road trips though cactus strewn deserts & slightly less frazzled, Balearic sunset vibes. A perfect lazy, hazy weekend soundtrack.'
-THE SLOW MUSIC MOVEMENT

'Another fantastic MM album - an alluring combination of I-get-this immediacy with hidden details slowly emerging over multiple listens. Completely absorbing music.'
-MORE THAN HUMAN

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Mount Maxwell Vancouver, British Columbia

Former member of MMR Collective, founder of Hotham Sound Recordings. Releases work under a number of aliases.
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