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1.	Coppering 09:48	buy track
2.	Clad Sentinel 09:44	buy track
3.	Black Ground Gold 13:14	buy track
4.	Play Light 12:58	buy track
5.	Tributaries 08:48	buy track
6.	Vizcaya 10:41	buy track
7.	Sleeping on Snow 08:36	buy track
8.	A Far Bright World 07:32	buy track

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Reaching a numerical milestone of performances seems like an opportunity to look back over the entire run, taking stock, and pointing out significant happenings or trends. I don't feel inclined toward that, though. This performance felt good--the audience was engaged and supportive. Music was present. This felt like another step in the series of performances, and I'm thinking ahead to the future.

There is, though, a tip of the hat to the series history, in my using the PureSalem Mendiola, the guitar I used for the first one of these in March 2020. There are timbres of French horn and other low brass, with flute here and there as well. There's a strong sense of breath in recent pieces.

This week's improvisation is dedicated to the visual art of Catherine Lee. Thank you for listening, and for joining me on this journey so far!

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released February 15, 2024

Maurice Rickard: Guitar, programming

Signal chain: PureSalem Mendiola > 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, silent5 Biamp MR/140 (Down 2), 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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