vieo abiungo and pete monro - thunder may have ruined the moment (cd + dvd)

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A soundtrack created in reverse, Vieo Abiungo enlisted the help of director Pete Munro to construct short experimental film collages that provide a visual context to his multi-tiered acoustic soundscapes. It's a fitting approach since Vieo Abiungo condenses so much material and movement into his songs that they could never stand as a mere complement to the visuals like a traditional score usually does. Over the course of 15 tracks, "Thunder May Have Ruined the Moment" utilizes an arsenal of acoustic instruments (violin, bells, piano, guitar, vibraphone, cymbal, etc) in building robust tracks that lean towards classical music while retaining the grit and honesty of well-worn folk songs. As noted in the press release, Vieo Abiungo forgoes the use of electronics, but still manages to blur and distort his sounds with amplifier placements and recording methods to create an original and invigorating listen. The physical CD and DVD edition is limited to 300 copies and comes housed in a 7" x 6" artbook case. - Ryan Potts, Experimedia

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-The CD and DVD (Limited Edition of 300) come housed in a 7"x 6" custom book-style case, debossed cover imagery and text.
-The interior features 16-pages of stunning full-page spread imagery, along with poetry penned by Fritch. Each edition is numbered by hand.

William Ryan Fritch (aka Vieo Abiungo) returns with a gorgeous fifteen track follow-up to 2011's And the World is Still Yawning. Trying to classify Fritch's sound by genre has become almost futile. He effortlessly weaves together a huge breadth of earthy beat-laden experimental, classical, and folk. This is the third full-length for Vieo Abiungo, and this newest installment comes in the form of a CD and DVD release titled, Thunder May Have Ruined the Moment.

Fritch enlisted the help of award-winning film director, Pete Monro (Days Together) to create several short experimental films for the DVD. The films offer up thick psychotropic visuals and hazy moss grown memories that seamlessly meld into barrage of twisted imagery and nature based decay. Though the music may sound at times like the product of electronic instrumentation, the entirety of the film and accompanying album's music was created strictly using acoustic instruments played entirely by Fritch, and recorded primarily using analog tape machines. At times tranquil, tortured, or trembling with quiet joy, Thunder May Have Ruined the Moment is an album of light and shadow, the human experience given voice.

In 2011, Fritch scored twelve films, including the highly praised motion picture The Myth of the American Sleepover. Plus, he finished a Masters degree at Mills College studying under the tutelage of experimental music legends such as Jean Jeanrenaud (of Kronos Quartet), Roscoe Mitchell (Art Ensemble of Chicago), and Fred Frith (Henry Cow, John Zorn).