Et Ret

Gasworks

a WESTERN VINYL release

WV041 || Format: CD
UPC: 656605454129
Release Date: 4/11/2006

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1. The First Day
2. The Need for Work
3. Community
4. Run On A Head
5. Apokalyptein
6. Won By Walking
7. It Was Pure Folly
8. Letting Go of the Balloon

It's tempting to describe Et Ret as an experimental guitarist/violinist, however, rather
than embracing cacophony and cold aesthetics, Et Ret's compositions achieve
warmth and resonance through rhythmic and melodic repetition. He compliments
his confident, but restrained, guitar melodies with deeply impassioned swirls of
violins and cellos. Although his violin stumbles down a crooked path, it still manages
to pierce the listener emotionally, calling to mind the work of Dirty Three violinist
Warren Ellis. As a final touch, the compositions are accented with sparse percussion
and subtle analog electronics.

The album opens with a simple pulsing organ repeating a series of cords.

Seconds

later a wall of violins begins to build, swirling around with a perfect eastern
dissonance.

This sets the stage for the next track, a slowly developing track,

ultimately leading to a chaotic soundscape of loops cellos and guitars masterfully
sewn together. "Untitled 5" marks the album's clear transition.

After this point the

album takes an emotional turn, becoming more placid, the compositions more
sweetly melodic.

The final track is possibly the finest example of Et Ret's talents.

Using layers and

layers of violins and cellos Et Ret creates a swooning and seductive tension. This
final track captures the overall tone of the record; it feels like morning, like things
are changing and scary, and it's good. R.I.Y.L. Dirty Three, Popul Vuh, Godspeed You
Black Emperor, Explosions in the Sky, Burning Star Core.

SELLING POINTS

- Et Ret will be touring this Spring with
Western Vinyl artists Madagascar.

- Et ret will be playing at the Western Vinyl
South By Southwest showcase in March of
2006 to promote Gasworks.

-A full radio campaign will be handled by
Secretly Canadian radio promotion.

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