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A Silver Thread (Home Recordings 1979 - 1990)
Artist
His Name Is Alive
ReleaseProduct
A Silver Thread (Home Recordings 1979 - 1990)
Label
Disciples
Catalogue Number
DISC369
Release Date
February 12, 2021

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A 60 track anthology compiling early work by Warren Defever aka His Name Is Alive, prior to signing to 4AD. This set compiles 3 volumes previously released on vinyl, alongside a bonus disc and 36 page booklet. 

The first of disc All The Mirrors In The House focusses on the period of 1979-1986, a timespan which means that some of the entries here were made when Defever was as young as 10. The tender age at which Defever created these pieces gives them an air of childlike curiosity. On this record we see a young person’s musical understanding developing in real time. Disc 2 Return To Never selects work from formative works dating from Defever’s teenage years using beautiful greyscale drones and ambiences that often come doused in liberal amounts of tape hiss. Hope Is A Candle features later work from 1985-90’. The utopian atmospheres of fourth world music, industrial’s bold sampling and cathedral-wide ambient sounds can all be found here - though it is a testament to the vision of the young Defever that, even with all those balls in play, Hope Is A Candle ultimately sounds like nothing other than His Name Is Alive.

The final disc collates some of the best tracks from the cassette companion volumes that were released alongside each LP - 6Teen OK, Return Versions and Ghost Tape EXP. Disciples deliver yet another fantastic archival collection from Warren Defever’s vast catalogue.

Digital Tracklist

Disc 1

  1. 1 Piano Rev 2:03 Buy

    Piano Rev

  2. 2 Lliadin 2:55 Buy

    Lliadin

  3. 3 Something About Hope 2:35 Buy

    Something About Hope

  4. 4 All The Mirrors In The House 1:27 Buy

    All The Mirrors In The House

  5. 5 Because Piano 2:23 Buy

    Because Piano

  6. 6 Rememory 4:43 Buy

    Rememory

  7. 7 Tape Sound 0:36 Buy

    Tape Sound

  8. 8 Guitar Rev 2:01 Buy

    Guitar Rev

  9. 9 Fine As Feathers 2:20 Buy

    Fine As Feathers

  10. 10 Reflection Pool 4:01 Buy

    Reflection Pool

Disc 2

  1. 16 Return To Never 4:38 Buy

    Return To Never

  2. 17 Lake Night 2:53 Buy

    Lake Night

  3. 18 Morning Machine 2:06 Buy

    Morning Machine

  4. 19 Early Version 4:15 Buy

    Early Version

  5. 20 Piano V 2:11 Buy

    Piano V

  6. 21 To Remember 2:45 Buy

    To Remember

  7. 22 My Thoughts Are To Thee Drawn 4:09 Buy

    My Thoughts Are To Thee Drawn

  8. 23 Guitar Echo 3:05 Buy

    Guitar Echo

  9. 24 Forever Getting Lost 1:09 Buy

    Forever Getting Lost

  10. 25 Chords 0:36 Buy

    Chords

Disc 3

  1. 31 Princess 2:16 Buy

    Princess

  2. 32 Either 2:05 Buy

    Either

  3. 33 Coldless 3:30 Buy

    Coldless

  4. 34 Liadin 2:55 Buy

    Liadin

  5. 35 Disappear 1:56 Buy

    Disappear

  6. 36 Never 1:37 Buy

    Never

  7. 37 Pass 1:32 Buy

    Pass

  8. 38 Nearby 2:59 Buy

    Nearby

  9. 39 Salendro 3:07 Buy

    Salendro

  10. 40 Porter 2:30 Buy

    Porter

Disc 4

  1. 44 Sun Reflection 4:16 Buy

    Sun Reflection

  2. 45 Dream Piano 2:29 Buy

    Dream Piano

  3. 46 Sleep 6teen 1:56 Buy

    Sleep 6teen

  4. 47 Something Blood 4:07 Buy

    Something Blood

  5. 48 6teen Secrets 2:34 Buy

    6teen Secrets

  6. 49 Entrance Protection 1:03 Buy

    Entrance Protection

  7. 50 6teen Cheers 2:01 Buy

    6teen Cheers

  8. 51 Heaven In The Sun 1:02 Buy

    Heaven In The Sun

  9. 52 Return To Never Version 3:48 Buy

    Return To Never Version

  10. 53 Vision Return 4:41 Buy

    Vision Return

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