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Though he has an extensive history playing with electronic, indie, & experimental music
projects, in the past decade Shane Aspegren has placed his focus on interdisciplinary projects. In that time, he has also taken a deep plunge into working with the physical & healing aspects of sound, and these latter influences take center-stage on Emblems of Transmuting Heat. Certain tracks are reshaped iterations from Aspegren’s artworks, while others integrate edits of longer-form meditative experiments and take their shape through a free-tempo, ambient-leaning journey. His recent EP Describing The Thing hinted at these same elements of trance-like induction through steady BPMs and repetition. On the other hand, Emblems of Transmuting Heat is a hypnagogic journey through subtle synthesis, drone, and
texture — a delicate juxtaposition of improvisation, composition, and collage within an intentionally-crafted album
structure.
Emblems of Transmuting Heat is co-released on January 31, 2025, along with an artist book, which can be ordered at shaneaspegren.bandcamp.com
In addition to band projects (<a href="spotify:artist:0lCXi03R7H442KfwuAq3hm" data-name="The Berg Sans Nipple">The Berg Sans Nipple</a>, Ça Va Chéri, the first trio formation of <a href="spotify:artist:4bFxhmY56pHx5hox8GK2jP" data-name="Blood Wine Or Honey">Blood Wine Or Honey</a>) Aspegren has recorded, toured, or collaborated with artists including:
<a href="spotify:artist:2914JagOufmP5BY9qLDxtF" data-name="Arto Lindsay">Arto Lindsay</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5o206eFLx38glA2bb4zqIU" data-name="Bright Eyes">Bright Eyes</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1Efubtxv4fJjMRPj7kAbvN" data-name="DJ Sniff">DJ Sniff</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7x9KSPIRSAwAGaQ55jAd9x" data-name="Don Niño">Don Niño</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5bWRCM3vFGqamlNxSzNj1O" data-name="Françoiz Breut">Françoiz Breut</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3jqMJoXAZlweA7UW18Q2HY" data-name="Lullaby For The Working Class">Lullaby For The Working Class</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:19rdse7ewbuvNcCSb4hg0n" data-name="Mike Ladd">Mike Ladd</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4rNgzzQij4gKFymszQGMYl" data-name="Nicolas Laureau">Nicolas Laureau</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:71Xm18ZYTMYSbLUXMiRt4k" data-name="Preservation">Preservation</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:68cER4ZOmPvVahEyG9T1Uy" data-name="Quentin Rollet">Quentin Rollet</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3AiEBEtUkD6TKUJKBnAjeh" data-name="Samson Young">Samson Young</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6dP7OHshDvGHaNNSwunol4" data-name="Silver Apples">Silver Apples</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3uQ5cxFHxXddqPL58egs1z" data-name="Songs: Ohia">Songs: Ohia</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5nyupaTrlBgKsVML15yFQw" data-name="Tarek Atoui">Tarek Atoui</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:44TGR1CzjKBxSHsSEy7bi9" data-name="Woodkid">Woodkid</a> & more.
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projects, in the past decade Shane Aspegren has placed his focus on interdisciplinary projects. In that time, he has also taken a deep plunge into working with the physical & healing aspects of sound, and these latter influences take center-stage on Emblems of Transmuting Heat. Certain tracks are reshaped iterations from Aspegren’s artworks, while others integrate edits of longer-form meditative experiments and take their shape through a free-tempo, ambient-leaning journey. His recent EP Describing The Thing hinted at these same elements of trance-like induction through steady BPMs and repetition. On the other hand, Emblems of Transmuting Heat is a hypnagogic journey through subtle synthesis, drone, and
texture — a delicate juxtaposition of improvisation, composition, and collage within an intentionally-crafted album
structure.
Emblems of Transmuting Heat is co-released on January 31, 2025, along with an artist book, which can be ordered at shaneaspegren.bandcamp.com
In addition to band projects (<a href="spotify:artist:0lCXi03R7H442KfwuAq3hm" data-name="The Berg Sans Nipple">The Berg Sans Nipple</a>, Ça Va Chéri, the first trio formation of <a href="spotify:artist:4bFxhmY56pHx5hox8GK2jP" data-name="Blood Wine Or Honey">Blood Wine Or Honey</a>) Aspegren has recorded, toured, or collaborated with artists including:
<a href="spotify:artist:2914JagOufmP5BY9qLDxtF" data-name="Arto Lindsay">Arto Lindsay</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5o206eFLx38glA2bb4zqIU" data-name="Bright Eyes">Bright Eyes</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1Efubtxv4fJjMRPj7kAbvN" data-name="DJ Sniff">DJ Sniff</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7x9KSPIRSAwAGaQ55jAd9x" data-name="Don Niño">Don Niño</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5bWRCM3vFGqamlNxSzNj1O" data-name="Françoiz Breut">Françoiz Breut</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3jqMJoXAZlweA7UW18Q2HY" data-name="Lullaby For The Working Class">Lullaby For The Working Class</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:19rdse7ewbuvNcCSb4hg0n" data-name="Mike Ladd">Mike Ladd</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4rNgzzQij4gKFymszQGMYl" data-name="Nicolas Laureau">Nicolas Laureau</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:71Xm18ZYTMYSbLUXMiRt4k" data-name="Preservation">Preservation</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:68cER4ZOmPvVahEyG9T1Uy" data-name="Quentin Rollet">Quentin Rollet</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3AiEBEtUkD6TKUJKBnAjeh" data-name="Samson Young">Samson Young</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6dP7OHshDvGHaNNSwunol4" data-name="Silver Apples">Silver Apples</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3uQ5cxFHxXddqPL58egs1z" data-name="Songs: Ohia">Songs: Ohia</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5nyupaTrlBgKsVML15yFQw" data-name="Tarek Atoui">Tarek Atoui</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:44TGR1CzjKBxSHsSEy7bi9" data-name="Woodkid">Woodkid</a> & more.
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