Los Angeles Loved... Dani Baquet-Long (Chubby Wolf)
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Saturday, July 11, 2009
Los Angeles Loved... Dani Baquet-Long (Chubby Wolf)

Los Angeles Loved... Dani Baquet-Long (Chubby Wolf)
More sad news to report in the world of local music as we learned a few days ago that Danielle Baquet-Long, the lady behind the wonderful sound collage project Chubby Wolf, passed away at the age of 26.

We regretfully never saw Chubby Wolf perform or her other project with husband Will Long called Celer, but her self-released album L'histoire was one of our favorite records released last year. It was a sleeper of a record in more ways than one. With its beautifully subtle and stark tonal echoes, tracks like "Lay the Voices to Rest, Dear Mist" and "Perceptual Constancy of Ripples" can turn any sleepless night into a dreamworld of blissful peace. Moreover, ambient "experimental" records like these only get attention when coming out of regions that incite soundtracks to glacial movement (aka Iceland), which is quite literally the polar opposite of Southern California. But we're not posting this to simply recognize the music she gave us, but to understand she still had so much more to give.

Our deepest condolences to Will Long and her friends and family.

Los Angeles loved Danielle Baquet-Long.

Purchase Chubby Wolf's 2008 record L'histoire here. Listen/download music from Chubby Wolf's latest EP "Meandering Pupa" here.

Photo above from the Chubby Wolf MySpace.

Chubby Wolf - "Feigned Indifference" (MP3) Limited time download


Chubby Wolf - "This Is Only the Overture"
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