music at a distance 103

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g.grant Beautiful ambient music. Calming and meditative. All the tracks seamlessly blend into each other. The album feels like a novel with 9 chapters.

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1.	Space Writing 07:36	buy track
2.	Cadeau 08:46	buy track
3.	A Night at Saint-Jean-de-Luz 09:39	buy track
4.	Terrain Vague 08:47	buy track
5.	Glass Tears 09:24	buy track
6.	Le Beau Temps 08:09	buy track
7.	Return to Reason 07:43	buy track
8.	Indestructible Object 08:34	buy track
9.	Swiftly Walk over the Western Wave 10:50	buy track

about

Starting an artistic practice in a pandemic has been helpful--certainly to me, and also apparently to others. Continuing it during a war may seem frivolous, but it's important to give people a way to alleviate their anxiety. As I come up on two years of this series, I intend to keep going however I can, through whatever crises emerge--and as they do, my attention has been on them.

As a performer, I've been struggling to direct my attention to where the music is available. Sometimes I'm chasing music around, and sometimes it might not enter the room. Sometimes it's right here, and I'll miss it by looking over there. This week, however, was different. I went back to a guitar and tuning I last used in week 67, and attention and music came together.

Crises and horrors are real, though. I've decided to donate this month's proceeds to the Center for Disaster Philanthropy's Ukraine relief effort.

This week's improvisations are dedicated to the work of Man Ray. Thank you for listening!

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released March 9, 2022

Guitar, programming: Maurice Rickard

Signal chain: Univox Effie in Fahey C tuning > Balls Effects KWB > Vox Wah > Moyo Volume > Max/MSP eight-delay patch with FFT pitch shift, tremolo, convolution reverb, Arturia Tape MELLO-FI.

Impulses: Huddersfield Town Hall (Near), Inchindown Oil Tanks, 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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