Dark Shadows The Moviolas

• 1 Last Tango 03:10
• 2 Vida Y Muerte 03:46
• 3 Trick Or Treating 03:38
• 4 Halloween 03:52
• 5 Razorblades 06:14
• 6 The Shining 07:58
• 7 Dark Shadows 03:08
• 8 Pincoya's Revenge 05:20
• 9 Sirena Garden 04:25
• Total Runtime 41:31

Info for Dark Shadows

The Moviolas is an ensemble based around the talents of composer and multi- instrumentalist Waldo Fabian, lyricist and scenarist Philip Hayward and video artist Grayson Cooke.

The band came together in 2014 to produce music that draws on the sonic traditions and atmospheres of cinema ‘re-versioned’ to work as stand-alone music. Combining songs, dialogue and narration with a variety of instrumental textures and feels; the Moviolas’ music creates vivid scenarios and dramatic fragments of narrative in audio form. In live performances the core ensemble is augmented by Grayson Cooke’s visual improvisations that create visual textures that interweave with the musical flow to give a rich live experience. Cooke also manages imagery involved with the project; see The Moviolas debut music video - Trick or Treating - at the Moviolas’ website.

The tracks on Dark Shadows develop themes from Horror films and fiction, exploring urban legends from North and South America in a variety of musical styles. Complementing these originals, the album features new arrangements of the classic themes from the films Halloween and The Shining that weave into the album’s flow of diverse musical energies.

The Moviolas’ dynamic debut showcases the breath of their artistc intent, including such songs as ‘Trick or Treating’, that draw on key themes in youth-orientated films from John Carpenter’s original Halloween to the I Know What You Did Last Summer series.

Other tracks function as virtual ‘mini-movies’, providing an atmospheric narrative in a short format. ‘The Last Tango’ is an intense cameo that relates the story of a tango band’s performance being cut short when a zombie contagion takes over the audience.

Tracks also draw on scenes from Latin American cinema and folklore, such as the album’s atmospheric title track, inspired by the popular 1960s TV horror series, Dark Shadows but rendered as a chilling tale of exile. ‘Pincoya’s Revenge’ also mobilises figures from Chilean folklore to enact revenge on corrupt intruders, set to an intense sound collage.

Waldo Fabian Garrido, bass & double bass, programming and arrangements
Philip Hayward, lyrics, scenarios and oblique strategies
Grayson Cooke, Imagery, video and live audio-visuals
Additional musicians:
Amelia Hayle, vocals on Trick or Treating and Razorblades
Alex Mesker, remixing and re-composition on Sirena Garden
Ed Goyer, keyboard, piano, cymbals and vibraphone
Lee McIver, trumpet on Halloween and The Shining
Jackson Harrison, keyboard on Razorblades
James Muller, electric guitar on Pincoya’s Revenge
Jennifer Scott, vocals on Last Tango
Saartje Sarah Tack, vocals on Sirena Garden

Co-produced by Waldo Fabian Garrido and Philip Hayward

The Moviolas are:
Waldo Fabian
is a prize-winning bassist, composer and producer based in Sydney. He has performed with bands such as Swoop and The Catholics and has had a successful career as a solo artist. He is also written acclaimed scores for feature films such as Random 8 and Strange Planet.

Philip Hayward
is a writer and broadcaster based near Byron Bay. He is an adjunct professor in the School of Communication at the University of Technology, Sydney. He has appeared widely on radio and television, guesting on shows such as Lateline and The Project, and he has written and edited a series of books, including Terror Tracks: Music, Sound and Horror Cinema (2009).

Grayson Cooke
is an award winning video artist based near Byron Bay. He works in video and live visual improvisation and has collaborated with performers such as British improviser Mike Cooper. Cooke and Cooper’s collaboration Outback and Beyond won the duo a “New Face” award in the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2012/13.

Booklet for Dark Shadows