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Celer (group)

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Celer
OriginHuntington Beach, California, U.S.
Genres
Years active2005 - present
MembersWill Long
Past membersDanielle Baquet-Long
Websitehttp://www.celer.jp

Celer is an American drone music project formed in 2005 by composer and musician Will Long and Danielle Baquet-Long.

History

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Founded in 2005, at the beginning of their relationship in Huntington Beach, California, U.S.A., Celer was created as a musical and artistic collaboration between Danielle Baquet-Long and Will Long.

Between 2005 and 2007, the couple created 22 releases, which they self-released, packaged in handmade, hand-painted packages, with designs, and individual stencils. The handmade packaging designs have been described as "deliciously mysterious",[1] where "Muted and bleach colours stretch as far as the eye can see in these panoramic paintings for the mind",[2] and the music as "deeply personal, or unwittingly obscure",[3] and "gentle, haunting and evocative",[4] created "primarily from personal memories and thought experiments".[5]

After producing music for record labels, installations, and exhibits worldwide from 2005 to 2009, Danielle Baquet-Long died on July 8, 2009, of heart failure.[6] From 2009 to the present, Celer has been the solo ambient project of Will Long.[7]

Discography

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Albums

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  • White Prism (Self-released, 2004)
  • Ariill (Self-released, 2005)
  • Belsslsssll (Self-released, 2005)
  • Ceylon (Self-released, 2006)
  • Continents (Self-released, 2006; Two Acorns re-issue, 2021)
  • Descender (Self-released, 2006)
  • Melodia (Self-released, 2006)
  • Sampling Pond (Self-released, 2006)
  • Sunlir/Scols (Self-released, 2006)
  • Tingshas (Self-released, 2006)
  • Ammonia (Self-released, 2007)
  • Cantus Libres (Self-released, 2007; Two Acorns re-issue, 2021)
  • Dilue (Diluted) (Self-released, 2007)
  • Neon (Self-released, 2007; Two Acorns re-issue, 2021)
  • Para (Self-released, 2007)
  • Red Seals (Self-released, 2007)
  • Sadha (Self-released, 2007; Two Acorns re-issue, 2021)
  • Sieline (Self-released, 2007)
  • Discourses Of The Withered (Infraction, 2008)
  • The Everything And The Nothing (Infraction, 2008)
  • Nacreous Clouds (And/oar, 2008)
  • Tropical (Mystery Sea, 2008)
  • Cursory Asperses (Slow Flow Records, 2008)
  • I Love You So Much I Can't Even Title This (The Light That Never Goes Out Went Out) (Self-released, 2008)
  • Capri (Humming Conch, 2009)
  • Compositions For Cassette (Digitalis Limited, 2009)
  • Breeze Of Roses (Dragons Eye Recordings, 2009)
  • Engaged Touches (Home Normal, 2009)
  • Levitation And Breaking Points (Self-released, 2009)
  • Fountain Glider (Students Of Decay, 2009)
  • Poulaine (Students Of Decay, 2009)
  • Brittle (Low Point, 2009)
  • Close Proximity And The Unhindered Care-All (Sentient Recognition Archive, 2009)
  • In Escaping Lakes (Slow Flow Records, 2009)
  • Pockets Of Wheat (Soundscaping Records, 2010)
  • Rags Of Contentment (Digitalis Limited, 2010)
  • Dwell In Possibility (Blackest Rainbow, 2010)
  • Dying Star (Dragons Eye Recordings, 2010)
  • Panoramic Dreams Bathed In Seldomness (Basses Frequences, 2010)
  • Honey Moon (Stunned Records, 2010)
  • Vestiges Of An Inherent Melancholy (Blackest Rainbow, 2010)
  • Salvaged Violets (Infraction, 2010)
  • Ever, Irreplaceable Beauty (Self-released, 2011)
  • Foolish Causes Of Fail And Ruin (Self-released, 2011)
  • Menggayakan (Analog Path, 2011)
  • Sunlir (Con-V, 2011)
  • Tightrope (Low Point, 2012)
  • Evaporate And Wonder (Experimedia, 2012)
  • In The Finger-Painted Fields Of The Eyes (Prairie Fire, 2012)
  • Dearest Ices (Northern Twilights, 2012)
  • Lightness And Irresponsibility (Constellation Tatsu, 2012)
  • Epicentral Examples Of The More Or Less (Futuresequence, 2012)
  • Redness + Perplexity (Somehow Recordings, 2012)
  • Relief and Altruism (Self-released, 2012)
  • An Immensity Merely To Save Life (Self-released, 2012)
  • Without Retrospect, the Morning (Glacial Movements, 2012)
  • Perfectly Beneath Us (Still*Sleep, 2012)
  • I, Anatomy (Streamline, 2012)
  • Radish (Commune Disc, 2013)
  • Viewpoint (Murmur Records, 2013)
  • Climbing Formation (Entropy Records, 2013)
  • Diving Into the Plasma Pool (Self-released, 2013)
  • Voyeur (Humming Conch, 2014)
  • Zigzag (Spekk, 2014)
  • Sky Limits (Two Acorns, 2014)
  • Sky Limits (Baskaru, 2014)
  • Jima (I, Absentee, 2015)
  • How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You When You Know I've Been A Liar All My Life (Two Acorns and White Paddy Mountain, 2015)
  • Tempelhof (Two Acorns, 2015)
  • Akagi (Two Acorns, 2016)
  • Inside The Head Of Gods (Two Acorns, 2016)
  • I Love You So Much I Can't Even Title This (Infraction, 2016)
  • Two Days and One Night (Sequel, 2016)
  • Callisto (Two Acorns, 2016)
  • In The End You'll Just Disappear (Two Acorns, 2017)
  • Alcoves (Cellar Door Tapes, 2017)
  • Alcoves (Two Acorns, 2017)
  • Another Blue Day (Glistening Examples, 2017)
  • Something Cathartic (Polar Seas Recordings, 2018)
  • Shima (Gailur, 2018)
  • Nacreous Clouds (Two Acorns, 2018)
  • Xièxie (Two Acorns, 2019)
  • Plays Godflesh (Avalanche Recordings, 2019)
  • Vamps (Patient Sounds, 2019)
  • Scols (Two Acorns, 2020)
  • Continents (Two Acorns, 2020)
  • Sadha (Two Acorns, 2021)
  • Cantus Libres (Two Acorns, 2021)
  • Malaria (Two Acorns, 2021)
  • Coral Sea (Two Acorns, 2021)
  • Neon (Two Acorns, 2021)
  • In Light Of Blues (Room40, 2021)

Collaborations

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  • Mesoscaphe with Mathieu Ruhlmann (Spekk, 2008)
  • Generic City with Yui Onodera (Two Acorns, 2010)
  • Maastunnel/Mt. Mitake with Machinefabriek (Self-released, 2012)
  • Numa/Penarie with Machinefabriek (Self-released, 2012)
  • Greetings From Celer & Machinefabriek with Machinefabriek (Self-released, 2012)
  • Hei/Sou with Machinefabriek (Self-released, 2012)
  • GAU with CMKK (Celer, Machinefabriek, Romke Kleefstra, Jan Kleefstra) (Monotype, 2013)
  • Vain Shapes And Intricate Parapets with Hakobune (Chemical Tapes, 2013)
  • Five Years with Yui Onodera (Two Acorns, 2015)
  • Symbols with Duenn (Duenn, 2016)
  • Background Curtain with Dirk Serries (Monotype, 2016)
  • Landmarks with Forest Management (Constellation Tatsu, 2018)

Compilations

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EPs, Singles

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  • Canopy (Self-released, 2007)
  • Elias (Self-released, 2007)
  • Untitled (Frozen Loop (Self-released, 2007)
  • Voodoo Crowds (Self-released, 2007)
  • Mane Blooms (Low Point, 2009)
  • Four Pieces/One (Smallfish, 2009)
  • Four Pieces/Two (Smallfish, 2009)
  • Four Pieces/Three (Smallfish, 2009)
  • Four Pieces/Four (Smallfish, 2009)
  • All At Once Is What Eternity Is (Taâlem, 2010)
  • Hell Detoured (Rural Colours, 2010)
  • Weavings Of A Rapid Disenchantment (Basses Frequences, 2010)
  • On Or Near The Surface (Self-released, 2017)
  • Being Below (co-released by Two Acorns and Past Inside the Present, 2021)

References

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  1. ^ "Celer". www.hardformat.org. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
  2. ^ "Celer: Neon". www.textura.org. August 2008. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
  3. ^ "Celer – NEON – CDR – Self Release, hand made packaging". White Line. June 21, 2008. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
  4. ^ "Celer – Close Proximity And The Unhindered Care-all". The Line Of Best Fit. March 18, 2010. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
  5. ^ "Celer's musical diary offers an escape into his personal experiences". Japan Times. July 16, 2020.
  6. ^ "Celer: Love and Quietude". www.tokafi.com. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
  7. ^ "Celer". www.thesingularwe.org. Archived from the original on June 21, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
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