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A Coaxed Ghost

by Raymond Richards

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    - Pressed on dilated pupil black vinyl
    - Gatefold and Insert
    - Art designed by Chad Yenney
    - Black dust sleeve
    - Includes limited edition album release pin

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At Stars End 02:42

about

Raymond has been invaluable in shaping the Lung Records evolving sound. In 2020, he asked me to work on a new project with him, something he wanted me to co-produce. He had just finished his incredible pedal steel ambient album, The Lost Art of Wandering, for ESP Institute and was looking for a different direction to try. I wanted to make something combining Air with Angelo Badalamenti, Clara Rockmore, Kool Kieth, and Negativland. Raymond wanted to blend Harold Budd with Isaac Asimov’s The Foundation novels. The result is A Coaxed Ghost.

We crafted the album through 2020. Raymond brought in amazing collaborators: Dean Wareham and Britta Philips from Galaxie 500 and Luna for the exquisite House of Girls and (meta Luna tribute) The Rhythm King Rides Again. Haley Johnsen for the hopeful Still Breathing, Brette and Evan Way with the haunting Forgotten Earth. Megan Diana for the ethereal Absent Nebulas. As much as his last album features Raymond’s brilliant pedal steel, A Coaxed Ghost highlights his dreamy and driving bass. I always thought of it as a bass record and told him so. It’s subtle, but the bass is the common thread. It is the foundation for the rich analog synths, swirling arpeggios, masterful guitar, deep grooves, beautiful vocals, and yes, pedal steel. A Coaxed Ghost is an instrumental album with vocals; perfectly balanced.

Today is a high day. I get to share this album with you. My health is good. Raymond is good. Portland is good and I hope you are good. A Coaxed Ghost celebrates friendship and the spirit of collaboration as well as the mysteries of the future built on the past.

Raymond Richards is a Portland, Oregon-based composer and producer operating out of his Red Rockets Glare studio. His extensive producing and engineering credits include Local Natives’ Gorilla Manor and Hummingbird, LCD Soundsystem’s American Dream, and Blitzen Trapper’s Holy Smokes Future Jokes. Raymond’s 2020 wonderfully lush, ambient pedal steel album, The Lost Art of Wandering, on ESP Institute sold out its first pressing and garnered international acclaim.

“Please excuse the language, but fuck me, this one is special.” – Test Pressing

Top 100 Albums of 2020 – HHV Germany

“:…it feels like a road trip in a dream, the sounds singing endlessly of wide open, starlit skies and unfolding vistas.” – Sound of Life

A Coaxed Ghost is available on limited edition dilated pupil black vinyl with awesome gatefold and insert art by Chad Yenney and mastered by the legendary Greg Calbi and Steve Fallone, for download, and a streaming service near you. RIYL: Harold Budd, Angelo Badalamenti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Dan The Automator, Luna, Isaac Asimov, Galaxie 500, survival. Take a breath.

– Beach December 16, 2022

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released December 16, 2022

Produced by Raymond Richards & David Beach

Raymond plays: Synths, Bass, Bass VI, Guitar, Pedal Steel, Keys, Marimba, Percussion, 808, and Therevox

With: Dean Wareham, Britta Philips, Haley Johnsen, Brette Marie Way, Evan Way, Steve Swatkins, Megan Diana, Micah Hummel, Brud Giles, Jean-Pierre Garau, Kaitlin Wolfberg

Recorded and mixed at Red Rockets Glare and Fremont Recording by Raymond Richards 

Mastered by Greg Calbi & Steve Fallone at Sterling Sound NJ

Original gatefold artwork & layout by Chad Yenney

Thanks to: David Beach, Bri Richards, Steve Watkins, Jean-Pierre Garau, Brud Giles, Megan Diana, Kaitlin Wolfberg, Britta Phillips, Dean Wareham, Isaac Asimov, Valhalla Supermassive, Dave Smith, Therevox,  Angelo Badalamenti, and Harold Budd. 

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Raymond Richards Portland, Oregon

Raymond Richards is a Portland, OR-based composer & producer working from his Red Rockets Glare studio. His extensive producing & engineering credits include Local Natives’ Gorilla Manor & Hummingbird, LCD Soundsystem’s American Dream, & Blitzen Trapper’s Holy Smokes Future Jokes.

As a multi-instrumentalist and member of Mojave 3, Idaho Falls, & The Parson Red Heads, Raymond has toured the world.
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