Mike Ashton
Magnificent. I should choose the tracks featuring the wonderful voice of Miriam Stockley, but it's the chiming handbell sounds on Still as Stone that hit me most of all so far... but there is so much to marvel at and enthuse over... how can I choose a favourite?
Favorite track: Still As Stone.
ransun0603
Thank you David Helpling for your music Always Divine. This is just a small gesture it cant be measured for all the blissful music you have gifted us. I still remember i fell in luv with ur music the v first time i heard sleeping at the edge album! i hope ur next album will be a combination of Sunday loops/Rune albums
thank u again
Favorite track: The Bliss You’ve Always Carried (Featuring Benjy Wertheimer).
realkevinkeller
I've been a HUGE fan of David's music since "Sleeping on the Edge of the World". His music is lush, emotional, and deeply devotional. I'm excited to get this newest album on both LP and CD. It will be epic!
IN is available on Limited Edition 2 LP Gatefold set, presented in rich Translucent Dark Purple / Black Vinyl. The individual records appear mostly very dark or black, until backlit, where some deep purple swirling can be unveiled (more or less, varying from record to record).
Note: Photographs are for reference only, effect and color typically darker than presented, and may be subject to some variation.
Includes unlimited streaming of IN
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
ships out within 5 days
edition of 300
Purchasable with gift card
$40USDor more
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
The double CD version of IN, in a factory sealed 6-panel gatefold package that includes all artwork, and liner notes.
Includes unlimited streaming of IN
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
ships out within 5 days
Purchasable with gift card
$16USDor more
Streaming + Download
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Purchasable with gift card
$10USD or more
Complete Limited Edition Bundle
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
The first 50 copies sold include a 12" x 12" Giclée fine art print signed & numbered by David Helpling (Limited Edition of 50).
Limited edition color vinyl double LP in gatefold with full color inner sleeve, and the double CD version of IN, in a factory sealed 6-panel gatefold package that includes all artwork, and liner notes.
Note: Photographs are for reference only, effect and color typically darker than presented, and may be subject to some variation.
Downloads available April 15. Bundle ships in July.
Includes unlimited streaming of IN
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Before David Helpling released his trilogy of epic ambient collaborations with Jon Jenkins, before his shimmering guitar records A Sea Without Memory and RUNE—he had an idea that would evolve to become IN. A massive double album composed over ten years, IN was born from finding wonder in the tiniest of places. Only one square inch of forest holds a world of color and life. On this miniature scale, a shard of lichen is a monument, a twig a skyscraper, an arm’s length a universe. IN is an exploration of that magic space: an expanse of delicate subtlety and minuscule vibrancy that suggests a poignancy of existence itself.
IN builds this world with sounds from across Helpling’s career. Diamond-bright granular textures twinkle atop churning synths on wistful opener “Waves Dream of Breaking.” Chimes and echoes conjure cavernous yearning on “The Cold Distance Between,” while the climactic “In Waves of Fire” ascends on thundering drums before a shattering crescendo. Across this cinematic album, analogue synthesizers, digital synthesizers and ambient guitar entwine, untangle and entwine again. Yet here, Helpling explores new instruments as well as familiar ones. A 1981 Yamaha CP70 Electric Grand Piano summons a classic, fresh organic sound as it explores the vast scenes set by his textural guitar. This piano murmurs across chasms in the aftermath of “In Waves of Fire,” augmenting the well-established sound palette cultivated throughout years of previous works.
Unique and diverse artists stepped into David Helpling’s vision with their own inspired expressions. Portland fine art photographer Brandt Campbell captured IN’s micro-world in breathtaking macrophotography. Co-producer Howard Givens worked closely with Helpling to explore the hidden nuances of this album and elevate each piece to its final form. Matthew Schoening’s electric cello is enchanting and elegiac on “You Already Are.” Miriam Stockley lends her rich, ethereal vocals to “Slipping” and “I Too Am Coming Home,” balancing hope and melancholy with each ebb and flow of her voice. Award-winning multi-instrumentalist Benjy Wertheimer plays the Esraj, an expressive bowed instrument from India, on the buoyant “The Bliss You Always Carried.” Vocalist Nidhi Bhatmuley gives a soaring performance on the post-rock flavored “This Burning Sky,” an emotional epic that evokes Hans Zimmer’s work with Lisa Gerrard. Through these significant contributions, Helpling has realized a macro-focus on his contemplation of life.
Inspired by the vastness of small spaces, IN is both simple and intricate, both expansive and intimate. And just as the spaces that inspired them, these thirteen pieces unveil new images when examined. Here, a pebble by a stream is a fjord falling into the sea. Here, nature wrought in new colors; the greens and blues of tree and sky replaced by microbial fuchsia, folded violet. Here, a world—vivid, vibrant, waiting.
credits
released April 15, 2022
Produced, Performed & Composed by David Helpling
Co-producer by Howard Givens
Mastered by Emily Lazar & Chris Allgood at The Lodge, New York, NY
As a young teen, David Helpling pushed himself to learn guitar – experimenting with various effects and signal processors to
create illusions with sound. Together with his passion for synthesizers and percussion, this guitar sound became centric to a complete vision and musical style that expresses sonic moods with a definite soundtrack feel....more
Stunning, Hypnotic, Immersive - I haven't even played the 2nd track yet as I can't stop looping the first - I don't want it to end! Been a lifelong fan & this really is jaw dropping... 10/10 Mat Mckenzie