Celer | |
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Origin | Huntington Beach, California, U.S. |
Genres | |
Years active | 2005 - present |
Members | Will Long |
Past members | Danielle Baquet-Long |
Website | http://www.celer.jp |
Celer is an American drone music project formed in 2005 by composer and musician Will Long and Danielle Baquet-Long.
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]
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