ETERNAL RETURN

The international progressive ensemble Eternal Return is a five-piece combining various duos/trios that have previously recorded and toured together. Notably, Colin Edwin (Porcupine Tree, NoMan, O.R.k.) on bass with his frequent collaborator, Estonian guitarist Robert Jürjendal (Toyah Wilcox, Fripp’s Crafty Guitar School). At the heart of the band is Dogon, the duo of Miguel Noya, (Venezuelan electronic music pioneer, Phantom Limb Recordings) and Paul Godwin, (California-based composer/singer and NEWdOG founder). Holding down this aerial act is Miguel Toro, Venezuelan-born, Berlin-based drummer (Royal Dust.)

“Colin Edwin's tasteful fretless bass combined with atmospheric textures, and voice from

ETERNAL RETURN unveils songs built on air. A special and sensitive offering.”

- Bill Laswell Jan, 10, 2021 Hell's Kitchen, NYC

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ONCE ONLY

The debut album was recorded in Berlin last year by Bob Spencer at The Famous Gold Watch Studio (a former munitions factory and Stasi HQ) and mixed at Pete Townsend’s Grand Cru boat studio in London’s St. Katherine’s Docks by Jonathon Hucks. The album is concerned with “nomadism,” inspired by Noya’s status as part of Venezuelan economic and political diaspora. Musically siting seminal progressive ambient-jazz-pop influences such as Talk Talk’s “Spirit of Eden” and David Sylvian’s solo work, the album is something fresh, darkly mysterious and beguiling.

ROBERT JÜRJENDAL

Robert Jürjendal is an Estonian guitarist and composer, studied classical guitar and composition (Anti Marguste) at Tallinn Georg Ots Music School. During 1992-1997 he participated in Robert Fripp Guitar Craft Courses. Robert has composed for classical and contemporary guitar, cembalo, mixed ensembles, choirs; documentaries, art exhibitions and theater, across genres from folk to post-rock to ambient-jazz. With more than 50 albums, his recordings and performances include: Tõnis Mägi, Riho Sibul, Celia Roose, Kaido Kirikmäe, Weekend Guitar Trio, Fragile, UMA, Markus Reuter, Tim Bowness, Jan Bang, Colin Edwin, Arve Henriksen, Jon Durant, Paul Godwin & Miguel Noya, Five Seasons, Vox Clamantis, Estonian Philharmonic Choir, Ellerhein Girls Choir etc.

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WATER FINDS A WAY

Water Finds A Way continues the colorful guitar/effects-based conception that Jürjendal began with his previous three solo efforts. With rich harmonies and melody lines, his musical language takes influence from the particular guitars and effects he uses. On the new album, Robert plays his new custom-built electric guitar - a fully equipped system containing a Sustainer pickup which gives a life for the long-sustained notes. Using a guitar synth (though it's hard to recognize) mixed with natural guitar sounds creating a unique hybrid.

Roberts previous release, Simple Past (Strangiato Records, 2016) was more rock-oriented, featuring with one of the best Estonian drummers, Andrus Lillepea. On Water Finds A Way Robert doesn't use drums, except some percussion played /programmed by himself. WFAW is also a “family-affair,” as Robert’s wife, Signe, joins him for background vocals and there are beautiful themes and improvisations played on cello by Robert's son Anti Jürjendal.

For the first time on one of his solo albums, Jürjendal requested a track from an outside composer, Venezuelan synthesist Miguel Noya. Noya contributes Grey and Blue. The two had previously collaborated on the 2019 NEWdOG album, The Power of Distance, as well as (with Paul Godwin) Samliku (NEWdOG 2018). They are also members of the new international ensemble project from Eternal Return Once Only, due out 2/23/21 on NEWdOG.

NOYA GODWIN JÜRJENDAL

A collaboration which began with a live appearance at Kukemuru Ambient Festival in Estonia in 2016 has yielded a brand-new trio including North American vocalist Paul Godwin, Venezuelan keyboardist Miguel Noya and Estonian guitarist Robert Jürjendal. For a month during the Fall of 2018 we gathered in an historic schoolhouse by the Pärnu jõgi (River Parnu) in rural Estonia. We experimented with new techniques in capturing the balmy autumn days and mysterious windy nights on the river.

The album includes 40+ minutes of new music, some of it entirely improvised and recorded live. Featuring melodies derived from Robert's guitar and heightened ambient electronics by Miguel with Paul's addition of vocal and drum work, the music has been described by an early listener as "propulsive and liminal." There are five central pieces including a 15-minute, 3 part suite "The Big Slow" which builds to a progressive rock climax. We hope you will enjoy it!

"Superior Progressive Ambient from veterans Godwin and Noya, mightily inspired by Estonian guitar whiz Robert Jürjendal. Spacious, engaging, powerful.”- Stephen Hill, Hearts of Space.

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DOGON

Ambient electronic Venezuelan/North American duo (Paul Godwin / Miguel Noya), DOGON, have been making music together since 1981. Though geographically separate, they have consistently created luminous sounds with passion and humor for nearly three decades. Called “the best of progressive ambient” by WIRED Magazine, their 1997 release The Sirius Expeditions was critically acclaimed and nominated for the California Music Awards (Best Electronic/Dance album). Individually, the two have collaborated with artists around the globe inlcluding Tony Kushner, Meredith Monk, Steve Roach, Robert Jürjendal, Kai Eckhardt, David Rothenberg, David Zambrano, Carlos Zerpa, Sammy Cucher, Clara Ponty, Jhno, Zoe Keating, Amee Evans, Tom Brennan, Colin Edwin, Miguel Toro.

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SMELLUCINATIONS VOL. II

The second of two albums resulting from the reunion sessions for Dogon after a thirteen year hiatus. This is an album of “Dogon-ized”covers of songs by Radiohead, King Crimson, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, Imogen Heap & Pink Floyd.

Recorded at Talking Tree Ranch, CA. 2014

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SMELLUCINATIONS VOL. I

The first of two albums resulting from the reunion sessions for Dogon after a thirteen year hiatus. Explorations of post-rock grooves, ethno-ambient interiors, lyrical content and vocals by Paul Godwin including the two-part "The River" and the two-part "The Triggering Town." Magnificent.

Recorded at Talking Tree Ranch, CA. 2013

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ALL MY RELATIONS (AT PEACE)

The Venezuelan/North American musical duo, Dogon, came together in 2015 in the Sierra Nevada mountains to explore new sounds, a map of the human heart and coming to ground with our personal interactions. The ancestors were near, the signs pointed inward and the document/portal is ready for your ears and hearts. A computer-animated video to the single “Love Will Break Your Crown” was created by Venezuelan artist Nestor Villasmil and is appearing widely at film festivals.

Recorded at Talking Tree Ranch, CA. 2015

THE SIRIUS EXPEDITIONS

Dogon’s sophomore NEWdOG release finds them exploring further spoken word through shortwave Asian announcers and the US Poet Laureate’s inaugural poem (thrown into the dada blender of course) woven over late 90’s techno of various stripes: drum’n’bass, minimal house beats, psy-chill, ethnoambient. The ambient radio favorite “The Round Buddha Factory” wins most played from this classic disc, featuring drum and vocal work by Persian collaborator Shamu. A cover of Pink Floyd’s elegiac pastoral, “Fat Old Sun”, was Dogon’s first venture in this direction (further explored on 2014’s “Smellucinations, Vol. II”). The centerpiece of these adventures is the title track “The Sirius Expeditions”, rather than a sample-fest, this is a true spoken-word collaboration with colleague, future-scientist Bruce Damer. Damer’s speech explores star-seed futures for software based space explorers. Orchestrations on the piece show masterful arrangement work by Miguel Noya with vocal transmissions interpreted by Godwin “this is the process of turning sphere energy into hyper fields.”

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REDUNJUSTA

As NEWdOG signed a manufacturing and distribution deal with World Domination Records/WEA - the out of print “Notdunjusta” was repackaged in a collector’s edition foldout Double CD with a new album of San Francisco/NYC-based electronic artist remixes of the original Dogon release. Includes drum&bass, psy-chill, dark ambient, experimental, acid jazz and more treatments by M’lumbo, Reza Ibrahim, Jhno, The Seer Remix, Unit 33 and others.

NOTDUNJUSTA
AllMusic Review of "Notdunjusta" by Jim Brenholts

Dogon is Miguel Noya and Paul Godwin. Notdunjusta is their classic 1996 release and one of the quirkiest discs of the '90s. Noya and Godwin incorporate many different styles into their sound design. This CD has elements of desert ambience, tribal minimalism, experimental avant-garde, and symphonic synthesizer e-music. The fusion of these styles gives the disc a new and fresh feel. Godwin and Noya have not invented a new style; they have merely forged a unique and infectious sound. Listeners will feel the fun and join the festivities. It is very difficult not to smile when listening to this CD. The atmospheres are large, the samples are offbeat, and the rhythms are warped. Noya and Godwin have created a unique adventure. This CD is a classic and an essential element of any e-music collection.

JHNO

John Eichenseer – also known as JHNO and delicateear – is a nomadic musician, recording artist, and music technologist. Most recently he has been collaborating with Carla Bozulich and Evangelista on their fourth record for Montreal’s Constellation label, and toured with Carla and Massimo Pupillo in Europe playing viola and electronics. As a pianist with jazz roots, he has played with Todd Sickafoose’s Tiny Resistors, John Zorn’s Duras, John Evans, Abra Moore, and Tina Marsh’s Creative Opportunity Orchestra. Solo concerts have included San Francisco’s Intersection for the Arts, SFMOMA, the Art Authority at South by Southwest, and the X/XX Experimental Music Festival. Collaborations with modern dance, film, and performance art have included work with the Sharir Dance Company, Sally Jacques, Toni Bravo, Jose Bustemante, and David Jewell.

JHNO released 3 full-length solo CD’s, a 12″ single, and two albums with John Ridenour as the band SPOOL. He has appeared on Constellation, Instinct, NewDOG/World Domination, Ultraviolet, Crippled Dick Hot Wax, and his own Delicate Ear record labels. Radio appearances include live performances on Italian and Armenian National Radio in Yerevan, where he studied with duduk master Varazdat Hovhannisian. He embarked on extensive busking tours with Levent and Selçuk Duran in Turkey, and CandyCactus (Lithuanian singer Evelina Taunyte) in Southeast Asia.

JHNO has been involved in creative music software since the mid 1990′s, and has written software for Björk, Laurie Anderson, Brian Eno, Thomas Dolby, Michael Brook. With Cycling ’74 he was a key developer for Pluggo, radiaL, and MaxMSP – innovative music software that is used by thousands of artists, including Aphex Twin, Autechre, Radiohead, Monolake, and Pauline Oliveros. He pioneered the field of live laptop performance during several years of improvised concerts with Scott Amendola and Nels Cline in the band

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JÜRJENDAL NOYA

Electronic music pioneer, Miguel Noya, began work in the mid-1970s in his native Venezuela using the available tools, patch cord analog synthesis, pre-drum machine percussion, pre-sampler native sounds. His groundbreaking "Gran Sabana" caused a European concert promoter to refer to him recently as the "Venezuelan Jean-Michel Jarre". Meanwhile in rural Estonia, guitar stylist, Robert Jürjendal was quietly creating exotic, swirling soundscapes that defy description but leave one satisfied in a Fripp/Eno kind of way (he studied with the master himself in the School of Crafty Guitarists). The collaboration of Noya and Jürjendal yields a blended fusion as energizing as it is hypnotic - a new progressive ambient classic album two lifetimes in the making.

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SPOOL

SPOOL is the ongoing collaboration between multi-instrumentalist/producer Jhno (John Eichenseer) and guitarist Johnny Ridenour. The two began playing music together in Austin, Texas in the 1990s, and SPOOL began as a long-distance collaboration after Jhno moved to san francisco and Johnny to Chicago. Their first self-titled record was released in 1998 on the New Dog/World Domination label, and 'Spool Saves the World' was released by Delicate Ear in 2006. Their third album, Spool3, continues in the same spirit, but electronics and loops take a back seat to acoustic resonances and real instruments.

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