Celer is an American drone music project formed in 2005 by composer and musician Will Long and Danielle Baquet-Long.
Celer | |
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Origin | Huntington Beach, California, U.S. |
Genres | |
Years active | 2005 - present |
Members | Will Long |
Past members | Danielle Baquet-Long |
Website | https://www.celer.jp |
History
editFounded in 2005, at the beginning of their relationship in Huntington Beach, California, U.S.A., Celer was created as a musical and artistic collaboration between Danielle Baquet-Long and Will Long.
Between 2005 and 2007, the couple created 22 releases, which they self-released, packaged in handmade, hand-painted packages, with designs, and individual stencils. The handmade packaging designs have been described as "deliciously mysterious",[1] where "Muted and bleach colours stretch as far as the eye can see in these panoramic paintings for the mind",[2] and the music as "deeply personal, or unwittingly obscure",[3] and "gentle, haunting and evocative",[4] created "primarily from personal memories and thought experiments".[5]
After producing music for record labels, installations, and exhibits worldwide from 2005 to 2009, Danielle Baquet-Long died on July 8, 2009, of heart failure.[6] From 2009 to the present, Celer has been the solo ambient project of Will Long.[7]
Discography
editAlbums
edit- White Prism (Self-released, 2004)
- Ariill (Self-released, 2005)
- Belsslsssll (Self-released, 2005)
- Ceylon (Self-released, 2006)
- Continents (Self-released, 2006; Two Acorns re-issue, 2021)
- Descender (Self-released, 2006)
- Melodia (Self-released, 2006)
- Sampling Pond (Self-released, 2006)
- Sunlir/Scols (Self-released, 2006)
- Tingshas (Self-released, 2006)
- Ammonia (Self-released, 2007)
- Cantus Libres (Self-released, 2007; Two Acorns re-issue, 2021)
- Dilue (Diluted) (Self-released, 2007)
- Neon (Self-released, 2007; Two Acorns re-issue, 2021)
- Para (Self-released, 2007)
- Red Seals (Self-released, 2007)
- Sadha (Self-released, 2007; Two Acorns re-issue, 2021)
- Sieline (Self-released, 2007)
- Discourses Of The Withered (Infraction, 2008)
- The Everything And The Nothing (Infraction, 2008)
- Nacreous Clouds (And/oar, 2008)
- Tropical (Mystery Sea, 2008)
- Cursory Asperses (Slow Flow Records, 2008)
- I Love You So Much I Can't Even Title This (The Light That Never Goes Out Went Out) (Self-released, 2008)
- Capri (Humming Conch, 2009)
- Compositions For Cassette (Digitalis Limited, 2009)
- Breeze Of Roses (Dragons Eye Recordings, 2009)
- Engaged Touches (Home Normal, 2009)
- Levitation And Breaking Points (Self-released, 2009)
- Fountain Glider (Students Of Decay, 2009)
- Poulaine (Students Of Decay, 2009)
- Brittle (Low Point, 2009)
- Close Proximity And The Unhindered Care-All (Sentient Recognition Archive, 2009)
- In Escaping Lakes (Slow Flow Records, 2009)
- Pockets Of Wheat (Soundscaping Records, 2010)
- Rags Of Contentment (Digitalis Limited, 2010)
- Dwell In Possibility (Blackest Rainbow, 2010)
- Dying Star (Dragons Eye Recordings, 2010)
- Panoramic Dreams Bathed In Seldomness (Basses Frequences, 2010)
- Honey Moon (Stunned Records, 2010)
- Vestiges Of An Inherent Melancholy (Blackest Rainbow, 2010)
- Salvaged Violets (Infraction, 2010)
- Ever, Irreplaceable Beauty (Self-released, 2011)
- Foolish Causes Of Fail And Ruin (Self-released, 2011)
- Menggayakan (Analog Path, 2011)
- Sunlir (Con-V, 2011)
- Tightrope (Low Point, 2012)
- Evaporate And Wonder (Experimedia, 2012)
- In The Finger-Painted Fields Of The Eyes (Prairie Fire, 2012)
- Dearest Ices (Northern Twilights, 2012)
- Lightness And Irresponsibility (Constellation Tatsu, 2012)
- Epicentral Examples Of The More Or Less (Futuresequence, 2012)
- Redness + Perplexity (Somehow Recordings, 2012)
- Relief and Altruism (Self-released, 2012)
- An Immensity Merely To Save Life (Self-released, 2012)
- Without Retrospect, the Morning (Glacial Movements, 2012)
- Perfectly Beneath Us (Still*Sleep, 2012)
- I, Anatomy (Streamline, 2012)
- Radish (Commune Disc, 2013)
- Viewpoint (Murmur Records, 2013)
- Climbing Formation (Entropy Records, 2013)
- Diving Into the Plasma Pool (Self-released, 2013)
- Voyeur (Humming Conch, 2014)
- Zigzag (Spekk, 2014)
- Sky Limits (Two Acorns, 2014)
- Sky Limits (Baskaru, 2014)
- Jima (I, Absentee, 2015)
- How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You When You Know I've Been A Liar All My Life (Two Acorns and White Paddy Mountain, 2015)
- Tempelhof (Two Acorns, 2015)
- Akagi (Two Acorns, 2016)
- Inside The Head Of Gods (Two Acorns, 2016)
- I Love You So Much I Can't Even Title This (Infraction, 2016)
- Two Days and One Night (Sequel, 2016)
- Callisto (Two Acorns, 2016)
- In The End You'll Just Disappear (Two Acorns, 2017)
- Alcoves (Cellar Door Tapes, 2017)
- Alcoves (Two Acorns, 2017)
- Another Blue Day (Glistening Examples, 2017)
- Something Cathartic (Polar Seas Recordings, 2018)
- Shima (Gailur, 2018)
- Nacreous Clouds (Two Acorns, 2018)
- Xièxie (Two Acorns, 2019)
- Plays Godflesh (Avalanche Recordings, 2019)
- Vamps (Patient Sounds, 2019)
- Scols (Two Acorns, 2020)
- Continents (Two Acorns, 2020)
- Sadha (Two Acorns, 2021)
- Cantus Libres (Two Acorns, 2021)
- Malaria (Two Acorns, 2021)
- Coral Sea (Two Acorns, 2021)
- Neon (Two Acorns, 2021)
- In Light Of Blues (Room40, 2021)
Collaborations
edit- Mesoscaphe with Mathieu Ruhlmann (Spekk, 2008)
- Generic City with Yui Onodera (Two Acorns, 2010)
- Maastunnel/Mt. Mitake with Machinefabriek (Self-released, 2012)
- Numa/Penarie with Machinefabriek (Self-released, 2012)
- Greetings From Celer & Machinefabriek with Machinefabriek (Self-released, 2012)
- Hei/Sou with Machinefabriek (Self-released, 2012)
- GAU with CMKK (Celer, Machinefabriek, Romke Kleefstra, Jan Kleefstra) (Monotype, 2013)
- Vain Shapes And Intricate Parapets with Hakobune (Chemical Tapes, 2013)
- Five Years with Yui Onodera (Two Acorns, 2015)
- Symbols with Duenn (Duenn, 2016)
- Background Curtain with Dirk Serries (Monotype, 2016)
- Landmarks with Forest Management (Constellation Tatsu, 2018)
Compilations
edit- Memory Repetitions (Smalltown Supersound, 2018)
- Future Predictions (Two Acorns, 2020)
EPs, Singles
edit- Canopy (Self-released, 2007)
- Elias (Self-released, 2007)
- Untitled (Frozen Loop (Self-released, 2007)
- Voodoo Crowds (Self-released, 2007)
- Mane Blooms (Low Point, 2009)
- Four Pieces/One (Smallfish, 2009)
- Four Pieces/Two (Smallfish, 2009)
- Four Pieces/Three (Smallfish, 2009)
- Four Pieces/Four (Smallfish, 2009)
- All At Once Is What Eternity Is (Taâlem, 2010)
- Hell Detoured (Rural Colours, 2010)
- Weavings Of A Rapid Disenchantment (Basses Frequences, 2010)
- On Or Near The Surface (Self-released, 2017)
- Being Below (co-released by Two Acorns and Past Inside the Present, 2021)
References
edit- ^ "Celer". www.hardformat.org. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- ^ "Celer: Neon". www.textura.org. August 2008. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- ^ "Celer – NEON – CDR – Self Release, hand made packaging". White Line. June 21, 2008. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- ^ "Celer – Close Proximity And The Unhindered Care-all". The Line Of Best Fit. March 18, 2010. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
- ^ "Celer's musical diary offers an escape into his personal experiences". Japan Times. July 16, 2020.
- ^ "Celer: Love and Quietude". www.tokafi.com. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- ^ "Celer". www.thesingularwe.org. Archived from the original on June 21, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2012.