Venera, a post-industrial/ambient duo comprised of Korn guitarist James “Munky” Shaffer and electronic musician Chris Hunt, are the featured guests on a new collaborative track with artist/musician Jesse Draxler titled “Asbestos“. The latter has assembled a wealth of guests to join him on his forthcoming new album “Tongue Of Angels“.
That outing will also see the likes of Iggor Cavalera (Cavalera, ex-Sepultura), Ian Astbury (The Cult), Trace Amount, Black Magnet and more involved. An August 24th digital release date via Federal Prisoner is expected, with Draxler having co-founded that label alongside Greg Puciato (ex-The Dillinger Escape Plan/Better Lovers).
The approach to this record came about from various field recordings being sent out to the intended collaborators to foster unique perspectives. Shaffer said of getting to work with Draxler on this track:
“There are only a handful of artists that have the energy and passion for music and art that [Jesse Draxler] does. You can feel how much he loves and enjoys the process of creating whatever he works on. He’s extremely talented. His openness to collaborations allows for others to explore and expand their own creativity.”
Hunt added:
“I agree. Jesse is a generous artist with a keen sensibility towards texture, decay and materiality which resonates with what we’re interested in with our own work. It was an intriguing task looking at the inside of his brain, hearing bits of the world through his ears and attempting to contextualize those sounds. Sometimes field recording is flattened into a pursuit of purity and accuracy of an environment so it’s worthwhile to get to interact with sound like any other compelling textural piece of trash on the street or rotting wall or weird anomaly to be investigated and constructed with.”
[via Revolver]
