User:Missing Symmetry/Celer (group)

Celer are an experimental music group based in Huntington Beach, California, U.S.A..

About
Founded in 2005, at the beginning of their relationship, Celer was created as a musical and artistic collaboration between Danielle Baquet-Long and Will Long. The couple was married on March 1, 2007, in Santa_Ana,_California U.S.A., and the group ended the production of new works in July 2009 after the loss of Danielle Baquet-Long, who died on July 8, 2009 of congenital heart failure. Although the production of new works by the group is ended, Will Long, the remaining member, will continue to publish the unpublished works, created prior to July, 2009, of which "about 25 as yet unpublished Celer releases are still planned in the future." (1)

History
Between 2005 and 2007, the couple created 22 releases, which they Self-released on their own, packaged in handmade, hand-painted packages, with designs, and individual stencils. In 2008, the duo's music was released on 6 different record labels.

The first release on a record label was in 2008, the couple collaborated with Canadian musician Mathieu Ruhlmann, to create the acclaimed "Mesoscaphe" album for the Japanese record label Spekk. The surrounding theme of the album is the journey of the Ben Franklin, the submarine which traveled by the propulsion of the Gulf Stream. Next was a double release on the Ohio-based record label Infraction, in which the couple released "Discourses Of The Withered" and "The Everything And The Nothing", much of which contained many field recordings made by Danielle Baquet-Long in India and Nepal

Albums

 * White Prism (Self-released, 2004)
 * Ariill (Self-released, 2005)
 * Belsslsssll (Self-released, 2005)
 * Ceylon (Self-released, 2006)
 * Continents (Self-released, 2006)
 * 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)
 * Dilue (Diluted) (Self-released, 2007)
 * Neon (Self-released, 2007)
 * Para (Self-released, 2007)
 * Red Seals (Self-released, 2007)
 * Sadha (Self-released, 2007)
 * Sieline (Self-released, 2007)
 * Mesoscaphe w/Mathieu Ruhlmann (Spekk, 2008)
 * 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)

EPs, Singles

 * 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)