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1.	Opening of the Senses 08:48	buy track
2.	Songs to Be Played Backwards 10:00	buy track
3.	Inner Atlas 13:12	buy track
4.	Infinite Depths 12:56	buy track
5.	An Ocean of Unanswerable Questions 14:52	buy track
6.	The Quality of Light, Inverted 10:15	buy track
7.	Future Echoes 10:08	buy track

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Despite technical challenges (corrupted drive, file recovery underway, split power cable for my audio interface), I was able to perform this week, back on pedal steel. The first few pieces seem to develop more quickly than usual, but that's relative--there's still a very low BPM here.

Regular listeners were present for this one, as well as a group of raiders, and the greater number of listeners seemed to increase my focus on the music, as well as trust in each piece's amount of silence.

Sometimes we need noise and information density, and sometimes we need the space of silence. I hope this provides some silence for you. I also hope you're well, and taking care of yourself.

This week's improvisation is dedicated to the work of Ana Montiel anamontiel.com, using titles of some of her work. The second piece's title implied that I should reverse that track, so this also includes a companion piece, which I've added here as a bonus track. Thank you for listening!

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released May 11, 2022

Maurice Rickard: Guitar, programming

Instrument: 1970s 10-string pedal steel guitar in modified E9 tuning (E C# E F# G# B E G# D# F#), played with fingers, thumb pick, and eBow. Slides: Dunlop tonebar, Taylor ebony.

Signal chain: pedal steel > Balls Effects KWB > Vox Wah > Moyo Volume > Max/MSP eight-delay patch with FFT pitch shift, double 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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