Saturn Return Throws Out The Rule Book
by Charlie Sullivan
The dynamic duo of Timm Bielec (drums, bass, synths) and Michael Zucker (vocals, guitars) hooked up some time ago working together at Differential Productions. More recently the two joined forces creating the progressive/alchemaic rock act Saturn Return who come to us via Boulder and New York. The duo got the ball rolling with the release of A Hidden Metric in the spring of 2014 through the Differential label. Their initial EP was a three song progressive pop gem that the two describe as a very spontaneous recording session.
“We knew we wanted to record something together so we kept it real simple,” says Bielec, “The song structures are very simple you know A, B, A, B, we didn’t want to complicate things.”
“The session went better than we thought it would,” adds Zucker, “We weren’t quite sure what would come of it but after hearing the pieces we knew we wanted to do more.”
With all of the other projects Zucker has going Bielec took it on himself to sit down and start the process for the bands second release. In September of 2014 Zucker received a package from Bielec and in it was all of the new material that Bielec had recorded with a manuscript of his poems which would later become the lyrics for the new release. After listening to the recording it didn’t take Zucker long to sit down and start hammering out the guitars and vocals.
“Timm sent me some incredible music with all of these poems,” says Zucker, “I fashioned all of the lyrics from manuscript, which by the way, you get when you download the album.”
Out of the sessions came the December 2014 release of Electronica Mystica. While the album maintains the alchemaic rock sensibilities of the first release it also takes on a more experimental approach to the music. The album provides some stellar multi-layering and Zucker’s vocals are magnanmonious, Bielec wouldn’t have settled for anything less. The recordings have incredible texture, swirling delays, and wonderful vocal manipulations. The listener is in for a treat when they lend their ear to the album.
“I like a lot of layers,” says Zucker, “There should be something to listen too within the music.”
To assist with quantifying the band’s sound Bielec and Zucker have featured guest vocalists Emily Shreve and David Sandoval both of whom record with Differential,
“I liked the idea of having ties to other artists from the label,” says Zucker, “It was a great experience and we want to get the other artists more involved with future projects.”
When pushed about future releases, “Fuck yeah,” replied Bielec, “This is great music we want people to diversify their musical horizons.”
Beilic and Zucker will be back in the studio over the Spring Equinox. The duo wants to iterate that they want to throw out the rule book and push new boundaries with Saturn Return’s music.
“Saturn Return has given us the opportunity to radically express ourselves,” states Bielec, “We want that raw expression to come through to the listener.”
With any luck we may see Saturn Return hit a few metro stages when Bielec heads out from New York in the spring.
“You are the music while the music lasts.”
Online: saturnreturnband.bandcamp.com/album/electronica-mystica
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