Catalog Number: PODR005LP Color: Black Format: LP UPC: 5400863146351 Western Skies Motel, the instrumental solo project of Danish Rene Gonzalez Schelbeck, releases Trails, his fourth album and first for The Point Of Departure Recording Company. The self-produced album was primarily recorded with Jakob Hoyer, who shares a studio in Copenhagen with Trentemoller. Jakob also engineered and mixed the record and played drums on a couple of tracks. A multi-instrumentalist, Rene played most of the instruments on Trails - electric and acoustic guitars, some synthwork and piano here and there, and the tape manipulations - with Leaf recording artist / composer Julia Kent (who has also played with Anohni and the Johnsons, Swans) providing cello, Nils Grondahl (Under Byen) violin drones and Jens Hein bass. Deeply meditative, the album's warm, intricate textures are built around haunting guitar lines, tape loops and various drones. A profoundly immersive piece of art, Trails shares the transportive characteristics of the finest film soundtracks, a record able to subtly and effortlessly evoke emotions of the listener.