Constellation Records

JOYFULTALK Announce Familiar Science

“uplifting, reflective, and spiritual” – Bandcamp“an alchemist of sound” – Backseat Mafia Composer/producer Jay Crocker turns to exuberant noise-tinged polychrome electronic avant-jazz on his third JOYFULTALK album for Constellation Records, Familiar Science. The first single, Take It To The Grave, is “powered from a foundry of scorching locomotive beats that wrestle with Crocker’s lithesome harmolodic guitar” (Backseat Mafia). – watch ‘Ballad in 9’ video // listen // pre-order Familair Science on…

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JOYFULTALK Releases 2nd LP with Constellation Records

Free-thinking Nova Scotia composer, musician and visual artist Jay Crocker (aka JOYFULTALK) channels Minimalism, Japanese environmental music, Maghrebian rhythmic modes and other numinous folkways to create his most focused, vibrant work to date. Listen/Order – http://cstrecords.com/products/joyfultalk-a-separation-of-being/ Based on a monumental, kaleidoscopic graphic score, A Separation Of Being is translated from two-dimensional page to trans-dimensional aural life using…

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JOYFULTALK Announce ‘Plurality Trip’ + Premiere ‘Monocult’

The sonic landscapes conjured by JOYFULTALK reflect a curiosity; a tinkered lightfield of forward motion, a maniac’s grove. The brainchild of composer and instrument builder Jay Crocker, JOYFULTALK is without a doubt the most forward-thinking musical act to emerge from the rural outpost of Crousetown, Nova Scotia. Along with fellow Calgary transplant and multi-instrumentalist Shawn Dicey (Ox, Lab Coast), JOYFULTALK…

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