THE QUIET RIVER OF DUST
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The Quiet River of Dust features a collection of songs uniting elements of Richard's previous work with the folk music aesthetics of his childhood, and elements perhaps overlooked in his career so far - exploring gentle, quiet and hypnotic corners of the world of sound. It includes the dense instrumental and orchestral textures of Arcade Fire and Bell Orchestre, as well as the boundary-pushing intimate instrumental work of his neoclassical compositions Music for Heart and Breath.
Richard has worked with the SATosphere team to perform these brand new songs in a sonically and visually immersive dome environment. The experience surrounds and absorb the audience into the breathtaking musical universe of The Quiet River of Dust.
The Quiet River of Dust Vol. 3 is forthcoming. -
Conceived and Produced by
Richard Reed Parry & Ryhna Thompson
Directed by
JF Lalonde & Richard Reed Parry
Filmed by
Richard Reed Parry
Motion Designer and Assistant Direction
Christelle Bellini
Performers
Richard Reed Parry, Corwin Fox, Stefan Schneider, Laurel Sprengelmeyer & Jody Walker
Voice Over
Laurie Brown
Monologue Translation
Lyne Tremblay
Producer
Ryhna Thompson, Envision Management and Production
SAT Team
Louis-Philippe St- Arnault, Dominic Paquin, David Chevrier, Mourad Bennacer, Sean Caruso, Alexandre Auché, Joseph Lefevre, Marine Gourit, Sarah Delmorme, Maryse Bernard, Amélie Moise and Phillipe Duguay-Blais -
The Quiet River of Dust is an immersive live concert and accompanying standalone film performed in a 360° dome, based on the namesake albums (Vols. 1 and 2) conceived by Richard Reed Parry, the polymath multi-instrumentalist at the heart of Arcade Fire.
Press
“An earthy, elaborate sound that harks back to the golden age of mid-200s blog-prog: the ornate art-folk of Sufjan Stevens, the high-beam harmonies of Dirty Projectors, the ritualistic abandon of Animal Collective.” – Pitchfork
“Richard Reed Parry sought to commune with the spirits rather that put his nose to the grindstone. The result is an immersive work, one that ushers you into a world of Parry’s ownZen imagining — a suite of albums ten years in the making.” – TIDAL
“Quiet River’s sound has a sublime power unlike any other release you’ve heard this year.” –Collide
“It's music crying out for careful attention. Songs ebb and flow, and then ebb some more, teasing beauty from Parry's quietly rich, complex compositions... It makes for ravishing music.” – Under the Radar
“A wildly inventive seven-song set that marries the bucolic Albion folk-rock of Incredible String Band with swirling, worldbeat-infused psych-pop inspired by Japanese folk mythology.” – All Music
“A lush and verdant composition filled with buzzing cicadas, plucky guitar, and his airy voice flowing like a breeze through the treetops." – The Fader
