<a href="http://chubbywolf.bandcamp.com/album/seasick" _mce_href="http://chubbywolf.bandcamp.com/album/seasick">Seasick by Chubby Wolf</a>
Newly posted on the Chubby Wolf Bandcamp page: Seasick, a beautiful posthumous release initially issued in a limited-edition CD run of 250 copies on the Mystery Sea label. The album was mastered by Mathias Ruhlman, who also added a light sprinkling of original sounds. The results are luminous and contemplative, ready to float in the background but also rewarding to attentive listeners.
"Chubby Wolf was Danielle Baquet-Long (1982-2009)," the Bandcamp bio reads, and in addition to her haunting solo work, Baquet-Long was one half of the still-extant (and still-excellent) Celer. The Bandcamp page is maintained by Will Long, Baquet-Long's husband and partner in Celer, who donates all proceeds to UNICEF in her memory.
[Update Aug. 13: Since yesterday, two more Chubby Wolf releases have turned up on Bandcamp. One, It's a Small Place to Be, is Baquet-Long's final completed project, and thus urgent to her admirers; three tracks in, I'm finding this music unsettling in a way I've not encountered elsewhere in the Chubby Wolf canon, though I've not heard everything yet. The other, Bouquets of Vacant Jouissance (Live on KCRW), is a rare example of her work in a live-performance setting.]
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