Name: Pale Horizon
Brand: Spencer Zahn

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

CSN159lp-C1

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Colour

White

Colour details

White/Teal/Beige Vinyl

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Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2022-07-01

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Secre­tly

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

600246986177

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / white

Artist

Spencer Zahn

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Cascine

Spencer Zahn is a talented cover designer and photographer. With an impressive portfolio of work, he has established himself as a sought-after artist in the music industry. His unique style and attention to detail have made him a favorite among musicians and record labels alike.

Known for his collaborations with artists such as Dave Harrington, Dawn Richard, and Blue Lake, Spencer Zahn's creative vision shines through in every project he undertakes. Whether it's designing album covers or capturing captivating photographs, his work never fails to impress.

In addition to his collaborations, Spencer Zahn has also worked with renowned performers like Scree, Ilhan Ersahin, Natural Information Society, and many others. His ability to capture the essence of their music through visual artistry is truly remarkable.

Spencer Zahn's second record for Cascine emerged from a series of piano sketches born of daily improvisations in Kingston, New York, where he relocated during the pandemic after 14 years in the buzz of Brooklyn. Inspired by the space and pace of upstate life, he explored a more restrained, resonant mode of playing, letting chords delay all the way to silence, until the seeds of songs took shape. Zahn accompanied himself on upright bass, finessing each piece without cluttering it, focusing on the notion of "the instrument in a room." 

Recruiting long-time collaborator Andy Highmore for piano duties, the duo booked time at Figure 8 Recording in Prospect Heights to craft the lulling, lyrical 12-track suite of Pale Horizon. The tonality of the instruments was central to Zahn's vision, fusing them to feel like a single entity, with upright bass blending in an elegant gradient with the low strings on the piano. An air of Keith Jarrett and Ryuichi Sakamoto hangs over the collection, acoustic and unhurried, stately but subdued, ruminative daydream melodies heard on the breeze in a quiet garden.

Zahn ascribes the album's heightened sense of longing to a recent romantic relationship, infusing the music with newfound intimacy and tenderness. This is jazz as private reverie, murmurings of the heart at dusk and dawn, as light leaves and returns. Days become years; loves become lives. Nothing is static, least of all music: "Every decade you can hear how jazz shifts. It's forever fluid."

Pale Horizon

Music US