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to purchase
http://www.loyallabel.com/Buy/index.html

music also on itunes
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/a-thousand-ancestors/id933507113

A Thousand Ancestors is the culmination of a long-standing collaboration between photographer Michelle Arcila and musician/bassist Eivind Opsvik which synthesize the strong influence of visual imagery on music, and vice versa. Hailing from Costa Rica and Norway, two different countries with distinct cultural traditions and folklore, A Thousand Ancestors is an exploration of family history and the continuing influence of ancestral narratives on the present generation.
The project is a limited edition box set (numbered edition of 500) designed by Espen Friberg containing a ten-track vinyl LP (plus a CD and download card), ten photographic prints, each of which correspond to a track on the record, and a poster. Released by the Brooklyn based record label; Loyal Label.

Video contains audio excerpts from: "Familiar Ghosts", "Arise" and "Zeneida"

New York Times:
"…an aesthetic of haunting introspection, and the desire to seek out beauty in austerity... A tactile, track-by-track experience: a film in fragments, or maybe a high-concept slide show with no projector. Whatever you call it, there’s reason to hope for more like this "

Blurt Magazine:
5 Stars “It’s impossible to convey the sheer beauty of this release—but then, when has any art review done full justice to the actual art, hmm? "

www.michellearcila.net
www.eivindopsvik.com
www.loyallabel.com