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Guitarist Jim Fairchild ( Grandaddy / Modest Mouse / All Smiles ) and songwriter/composer Jacob Snider aka Small Isles share their new project titled "The Valley, The Mountains, The Sea" . The album is cinematic in a homespun way, at times recalling the innovative film music of Hildur Gudnadottir and Oneohtrix Point Never telescoped through a back porch Sigur Ros or the delicate cobwebs of barely-there slowcore Americana. The Valley, The Mountains, The Sea by Small Isles

The latest full-length release from the Los Angeles multidisciplinary art studio Arthur King , Unknown Movie Night (Jurassic Park) , is out now AKP Recordings . Listen to the album below, and view the accompanying film collage of found footage HERE . The album was recorded before a live audience in the backyard of Dangerbird Records alongside a screening of Spielberg’s 1993 classic Jurassic Park . The new live score captured that night is a compelling juxtaposition of wildly syncopated breakbeat action, pummeling industrial electronics, and airy tonal textures. The contributing musicians were Peter Walker (guitar and electronics), David Ralicke (horns), Denny Weston Jr. (drums), Shon Sullivan (keyboard), and Koool G Murder (bass and synthesizer). The live recordings were edited and mixed by Ralicke, whose sonic sculpting lends a dynamic cohesion to the tracks, matching the intense highs and lows of their original filmic inspiration. Unknown Movie Night is an ongoing series...