NED MILLIGAN
Enter Outside LP
available for purchase here
mastered by Taylor Deupree
limited to 100 LPs
comes with a two-sided insert
In recent years, Ned Milligan has pursued composition almost exclusively through chimes and cassette tape. Emphasizing live performance, this music was defined by equal parts improvisation and careful curation. His new LP, Enter Outside, demonstrates the tonal and textural qualities found on those recordings while expanding his palette with the inclusion of a singing drum. The title of this album--which can be interpreted as a directive, suggestion, or invitation--embodies the feel of these pieces and how much the music employs outdoor elements not as a mere backdrop, but as a collaborator.
As with Milligan's prior albums on Fluid Audio, Gertrude Tapes, and Florabelle, most of Enter Outside was recorded on a rural porch in Maine with additional processing afterwards. Each track offers a gentle immersion into his environment and gradually encourages it to become yours as well, while the gentle racket of the world hums along. There is a fundamentally bristling beauty to this album's core and its ability to let the listener experience its space as a living thing.
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“Milligan is out there tuning into nature, making it the protagonist and active agent of these recordings…this album lifts you a few inches above the ground to peacefully withdraw from reality.” - Pargueland
“There’s always been value in listening to nature and heeding its docile or frenetic tones. This is the magic at work on these three tracks…a suite of subtleties that rekindles our love of the everyday and the wonders it provides.” - Cerberus
“Milligan has an innate skill of utilizing natural sounds and field recordings as an equal collaborator and Enter Outside is another prime example...a beautiful document and a world I want to get lost in." - Foxy Digitalis
“All three pieces act as meditations, capable of lulling anyone into a state of complete calm. Milligan builds and then holds these drones like deep breaths in, allowing an equal balance of instrumentation and nature sounds to envelop the listener in a warm embrace.” - Deepest Currents
“The outside environment isn’t a mere plot point for the music to latch onto – it’s an essential part of the experience…rural stillness, and an afternoon washed in rain, permeates the music.” - Fluid Radio
“A very refreshing album…Milligan manages to conjure a sonic image of an environment that must be a refreshing pleasure to live in.” - Ambientblog