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The second "Performance" release documents a set at the BCA center in Burlington, Vermont during the US tour with Mirror To Mirror in November of 2011. Performing using only live cassette playback and manipulation of guitar recordings as the sound source. This release captures a more subtle, ambient side in a number of shorter pieces with a finale of heavily layered waves of loops using the 4 track recorder as an instrument, with detail paid towards the mixing of sound and the speed of the cassette as a tool for expanding melodies. Recorded by Oliver Mitchell, mastered by M. Geddes Gengras, and photos by Greg Davis.
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Two pieces of frantic modular synthesis by Los Angeles' M. Geddes Gengras. On his second release for Ekhein, Gengras takes the possibilities of chaos and unpredictability within his growing modular set up to the next logical space. Avoiding the cliches of present day synthesizer based music and focusing on more abstract textures and approaches in pacing and the listeners endurance for sounds presented. East coast tour starting 9/21.
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Sophmore release by duo The Compass Rose. Rumored to have taken nearly a year to complete following a move back to the states, Jack Gilbert and company have finally returned with a new album of data and voice. Whereas the focus of the previous Compass Rose release "The Plough Horse" concerned the totality of all things, "The Simulation Distrcit" seems to aim it's sights on what doesn't exist, what is invisible, and what is inevitable. . Plans for a debut LP in the works.
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The Schumann resonances (SR) are a set of spectrum peaks in the extremely low frequency (ELF) portion of the Earth's electromagnetic field spectrum. Schumann resonances are global electromagnetic resonances excited by lightning discharges in the cavity formed by the Earth's surface and the ionosphere". Waves of incredibly low frequencies rising and falling in very specific patterns, dissolving the listeners outside abilities to simply hearing and literally feeling the sounds. Demanding to be listened to through speakers, headphones, or both at the same time.
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Orchestral miniatures by the always forward Sean McCann. Layering countless 4-track recordings of strings at varying fidelity. Huge swells of pure music rising out of unexpected places on these six tracks. Flowing very much like an album, every sound in it's right place.
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Two full length live recordings. Ranging from an earlier, more long-form set in Chicago 2009 to a more recent set of several pieces recorded this previous fall in St. Louis. Personally, this release serves not only as a document of "Performance" but also to illustrate the sometimes strange dynamic between the person playing, the people attending, and the place it's all occurring in.
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Two very simple and minimal mandolin-based ambient pieces recorded to 4-track one summers day in Los Angeles. Songs for the passing of a day and where the time goes...
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