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NATHANAEL LAROCHETTE: Musk Ox/The Night Watch Guitarist Releases Five-Part Skyward Composition

Musk Ox/The Night Watch guitarist NATHANAEL LAROCHETTE has officially unveiled Skyward, the complete, unedited mix of Sky from LAROCHETTE’s stunning 2016-released double solo album, Earth And Sky. Comprised of two distinct yet complementary albums, Earth was a collection of solo classical guitar works which acted as the stark acoustic counterpart to Sky, a layered, forty-minute ambient electric composition. LAROCHETTE elaborates, “Originally commissioned for an app designed to accompany commuters on specific Ottawa public transit bus routes, Skyward represents the complete, unedited composition that was later remixed and released as disc two of Earth And Sky back in 2016. When I […]

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NATHANAEL LAROCHETTE: Everything Is Noise Premieres Old Growth, The New Solo Acoustic Album From Musk Ox/The Night Watch Guitarist; Record To Drop This Friday, July 21st

Everything Is Noise is currently streaming Old Growth, the new album from Musk Ox/The Night Watch guitarist and Agalloch collaborator NATHANAEL LAROCHETTE. The premiere comes in advance of the record’s official unveiling this Friday, July 21st. Old Growth is a moving collection of solo acoustic compositions recorded live (often by candlelight) in a woodland cabin on the shores of White Lake, Ontario. Coming off the demanding productions of both The Night Watch and Musk Ox’s critically acclaimed third records, the idea for Old Growth was simple enough: record each of the album’s pieces live in a single take, capturing the […]

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NATHANAEL LAROCHETTE: Musk Ox/The Night Watch Guitarist And Agalloch Collaborator To Release New Solo Acoustic Album, Old Growth, On July 21st; First Single Streaming + Preorders Available

Seven years since the release of his ambitious debut double-album Earth And Sky (2016), Musk Ox/The Night Watch guitarist and Agalloch collaborator NATHANAEL LAROCHETTE returns with his second full-length Old Growth, a moving collection of solo acoustic compositions recorded live (often by candlelight) in a woodland cabin on the shores of White Lake, Ontario. Coming off the demanding productions of both The Night Watch and Musk Ox’s critically acclaimed third records, the idea for Old Growth was simple enough: record each of the album’s pieces live in a single take, capturing the atmosphere of the moment in all its delicate […]