Take one sound artist, add one mesmerizing vocalist and you get an enchanting duo bordering genius levels of creativity. Kristen Roos and PrOphecy Sun create intense sonic washes created solely from vocals combined with beats from the future / past. This debut release has been made with the intention of representing the live sound of Spell. All of the tracks were recorded in one take. There is no post-production, aside from equalization and mastering.
"The enchanting duo Spell mesmerizes souls and captures imaginations with it's witch-wave, glitch pop, and haunting psychosis." - music waste, 2011
Spell's debut ep : Hex has been released on the netlabel - Panospria:
Reviews/Interviews:
"...above all, it demonstrates the duo’s collaborative chemistry."
Discorder Magazine 2011
Interview - The Scope, St John's:
"Spell Casts a Shamanistic Hex" - Georgia Straight, Vancouver:
"A Marriage of Voice and Processing" - Disquiet:
Kristen Roos’ sound art is based on sound waves. Whether working with DIY radio-based projects, massive arrays of low frequencies, or sampled and sequenced rhythmic construction, Roos demonstrates that there is more to sound than just audibility. His work appears in the Errant bodies publication Radio Territories, and The New Star Books publication Islands of Resistance: Pirate Radio in Canada.
prOphecy Sun is a multimedia performance artist. Her practice is based in sound, movement and emotional driven experiments. She has a passion in shared community practices, with an emphasis on the body in dialogue with the community at large. She performs solo, in collaboration, and in collective projects. She sings solo as prOphecy sun. Also she plays in Tyranahorse, Her Jazz Noise Collective, Under the Sun, The Adulthood and Spell. And dances in Dance Troupe Practice and So So So. She enjoys riding on her road bike Mr. Falcon around East Vancouver and being a mom to four lovely cats.
Take one sound artist, add one mesmerizing vocalist and you get an enchanting duo bordering genius levels of creativity.