Ballaceo - "The First Minute Is The Last Minute / We Have a Secret"

The modular synth and cello duo of Bellaceo consisting of Jean Gay (Bent Frequency, Alya Ensemble) and Jay Reynolds (Asleep At The Wheel, Bootsy Collins) has released their first couple of singles. “We Have a Secret” layers rich cello and pedal steel over bubbling arpeggios while we are hit with waves of downtuned drones and deep saw waves while mournful cello lines play atop. According to the press release the album was, “conceived while they were finishing Jean’s solo cello album Circle Myth, this project was literally a series of last minute recording sessions intended to document as many performances as possible before a relocation saw Jean and Jay living in different cities. Ten improvisations for synthesizer and cello were captured within a handful of days and later revised into more concise arrangements, or in some cases not. Guest artists were invited on several songs, including Chris Madine (Polo G, Masego) on guitar, Zach Mechlem (Mohenjo Daro, Mack West) on percussion, Nick Fryer (Algernon, Ed and George Schuller) on steel guitar, and Edward Denton (4Track All-Stars, Freekbass) on bass.”