Helen Money / Atomic
Album: Atomic   Collection:General
Artist:Helen Money   Added:Mar 2020
Label:Thrill Jockey Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2020-03-11 Pull Date: 2020-08-26 Charts: Classical/Experimental
Week Ending: Mar 15
Airplays: 1

Recent Airplay
1. Oct 30, 2021: Buford J. Sharkley Presents: As Told to Hervey Okkles
Midnight
2. Mar 11, 2020: Brownian Motion
Many Arms

Album Review
DeVoss
Reviewed 2020-03-05
– General Description: Helen Money is the stage name used by Alison Chesley, a Chicago-based cellist and composer. Her work employs extensive sonic manipulation and an array of plucking and bowing techniques. This album is very spare with a pervasive haunting melancholy.
– FCC Compliant: YES
– Recommended Tracks: 4, 5, 8, 11
– Track Reviews:
1. (4:44) Midnight - cello w/ambient atmospheres
2. (4:57) Understory - cello w/ambient atmospheres
3. (6:27) Nemesis - pounding industrial rhythms in middle
4. ***(4:37) Coil - rock-n-roll ambient
5. ***(4:11) Coppe - harp w/modular electronics; peaceful
6. (3:18) Something Holy - new age-y but stark
7. (3:39) Brave One - two cello parts, w/electronic pulse
8. ***(2:10) One Year One Ring - thoughtful and meditative
9. (5:53) Marrow - meditative then awakening
10. (3:33) Redshift - very sad and raw
11. ***(4:15) Many Arms - more solemn sadness w/pulsing ambient undertones

Track Listing
1. Midnight   6. Something Holy
2. Understory   7. Brave One
3. Nemesis   8. One Year One Ring
4. Coil   9. Marrow
5. Coppe   10. Redshift
  11. Many Arms