Via tape loops and synth motifs sent from coast to coast, LA sound artist Christopher Royal King has teamed with NYC violinist and composer Christopher Tignor toward richly timbral, emotionally gripping works of spontaneity that unfurl immense details with each replay while marrying West Coast outboard-ambient to studied East Coast modern classical. The resulting debut album, A Wave From A Shore, exhibits both artists’ sonic identities binding into a new entity distinct from either’s solitary palettes. The remote nature of this collaboration is notable: only audio downloads and periodic text messages were exchanged over the record’s 4-month development. While the record breathes with a sense of yearning easily identified with life in their respective cities, it also conveys a unique resonance between these artist’s distinct musical approaches.[info sheet from distr.]