Forest Veil - Caldera by Spirit House Records

Caldera is Forest Veil’s fifth release with Spirit House Records. It took shape during an Artist-in-Residency at Caldera Arts- an arts and environmental immersion program, for under resourced youth and practicing artists, in the mountains of Sisters, Oregon.

Caldera is a time and place based EP centered in natural soundscapes. Instead of starting the songwriting process from a more self-focused, egoic place, the beginnings of each song were born from foundscapes, collected by Forest Veil, at the week-long residency. Forest Veil also chose to decenter the I-perspective by leaving lyrics out completely or writing without the use of pronouns (other than we) in order to represent the collective “we consciousness”.

Caldera’s songs are responsive and inspired by each unique capture of nature, space, or place. This process created a uniquely diverse set of songs, spanning various genres, with environmental elements as the continuous thread. Throughout the EP, Forest Veil plays a variety of instruments including guitar, mbira, wooden flute, and MIDI instruments. After the residency, Forest Veil collaborated with producer Leif Burton to arrange and produce the compositions. Burton added his own personal touch of downtempo and Hip-Hop elements to the mix.

Caldera is a time based art and an archived capture of the place, moment, and song in front of us. It is a reminder that time and space are always a part of the composition as well as an open invitation for humans and artists to interact, in harmony, with the natural world around us.

Contains tracks

• Blue Lake by Spirit House Records
• Thin Ice by Spirit House Records
• Hearth House by Spirit House Records
• What Does The River Say by Spirit House Records
• You're Supposed To Know by Spirit House Records