I stumbled upon Clearing via his other moniker, Party Trash. I had approached Joe Volmer to do an edit of my song “Sweet Blood” for the second volume of the Hexes remix project. I was a fan of the vibe he was emitting as Party Trash, and he suggested I check out his other project, Clearing. I obliged, though after a couple weeks of procrastinating, like I tend to do. Upon hitting up his Myspace, I immediately clicked on his edit of Melanie's “Some Say (I Got Devil)” that was in the player…
I found it very interesting to see another player in the weirdo-drone-game with an affinity for the folk-pop songstress Melanie Safka — I had used her magical classic “Brand New Key” as the intro to my Actual Pain mixtape, Let's Meet At Midnight. Anyway, so his edit of this gem, “Some Say I” — It was fucking absolutely perfect! He'd slowed it down, warped it, made it even more raw, more warm in a way, and yet slightly possessed, hammered out, and sinister. It was epic as shit. His originals, grabbed me as well. Perfect, blissful tape-worn drones floating over beds of soft, fuzzy sounds.
You can download all his work as Clearing on his myspace for free. What's not to love?
