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1.	Earth Sounds 10:08	buy track
2.	Twilight - Open Gate 11:04	buy track
3.	Primal Energy 11:57	buy track
4.	Night Bridge 10:48	buy track
5.	River Sky Encounter 10:55	buy track
6.	February Sounds 11:14	buy track
7.	Sunrise River 08:38	buy track
8.	Air Sounds 13:50	buy track

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A lot is happening. Celebrations, crises, trying to ride with the waves of life, and trying to take care of ourselves. Right now, as I'm writing these notes, I should be sleeping. But we make our choices about what's important. We know ourselves best.

While this performance happened amid a flurry of events, it asserted a quiet space for itself, and for anyone who needs a quiet space. The notes and pieces are longer than they've been recently, with the Moog Guitar exploring the harmonics of vibrating strings. There are timbres of pipe organ and flute ensemble, manifesting the sound of breath. Admittedly, already this is one of my favorites. Music appeared, and was generous. If you need it, it's here.

This week's improvisation is dedicated to the visual art of Edda Renouf. Thank you for listening!

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released February 8, 2024

Maurice Rickard: Guitar, programming

Signal chain: Moog Guitar > Balls Effects KWB > Vox Wah > Dunlop Uni-Vibe > Moyo Volume > Max/MSP eight-delay patch with FFT pitch shift, tremolo, convolution reverb, Arturia Tape MELLO-Fi.

Impulses: silent5 Biamp MR/140 (Flat), Inchindown Oil Tanks, Huddersfield Town Hall, Fort Worden Cistern

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snwv Pittsburgh

Maurice Rickard is a musician, sound artist, and Deep Listening Certificate holder based in Pittsburgh. snwv is his project to create ambient environments from finely tuned oscillators and other sound sources as well (guitar, microphones, feedback). Some patches use mostly oscillators, some use delays, some use controlled amounts of randomness. Results range from gentle ambience to chaos. ... more

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