The Blood Fountains is a musical component/outlet created by, and connected to Stephen Kasner and his artworks. Blood Fountains is an aetherial Mutual Admiration Society of artists and musicians to collaborate on ideas and images translated into musical concepts. There are no rules here. Much of the recordings are free-form improvisation, fueled by pure emotional exploration, and initiated in the idea of transforming images into sound -a soundtrack extension of painting- sometimes linear and rhythmic, sometimes completely abstract, and often a combination of these things.
The first release will be a 10" album as part of a limited edition version of "Stephen Kasner, WORKS: 1993-2006". This 160 page compendium of the paintings and drawings of Stephen Kasner, published by Scapegoat Publishing out of Baltimore, MD, covers thirteen years of the artist's development and exploration. The album will be available as part of both the book's slipcase and master editions, signed and numbered in silver and gold silkscreened sleeves.
The tracks featured here are excerpts of the 10", remixed and mastered by legendary musician and audial master, James Plotkin.
Blood Fountains' incarnation was in Kasner's previous musical outlet, ArorA, from 1998 onward. ArorA contributed to several unique compilations and collaborated heavily with Dwid Hellion of Psywarfare and Integrity, respectively, who also contributed the forward to Stephen Kasner, WORKS: 1993-2006.
These collaborations will be continuous, ongoing, and ever-evolving in the simple and kind effort to reach outward, upward, and in many cases, downward.
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