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1.	The Pearls 10:32	buy track
2.	Kalevala 07:48	buy track
3.	The Elders 11:08	buy track
4.	Allure Allure 10:49	buy track
5.	The Tablets 10:52	buy track
6.	Bird in the Wood 09:38	buy track
7.	The Veil 10:14	buy track
8.	Wide Quiet 13:36	buy track

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The awfulness of the world can be relentless. Hurt piles upon hurt, and outrage upon outrage. We need the violence and pain to stop. How do we do that? How can we help?

We...don't have to know the one thing that will fix these problems. We can offer our help to the world, at first in small ways, and see what helps others. If something works, we can keep doing it. We don't need all the answers to all our problems in order to move forward.

This performance series is my offering to anyone who needs it--maybe you're suffering, or exhausted, or frustrated, or weary the onslaught of bad news. And maybe listening to something gentle for an hour or so will help. If you can take that load off for a bit every day, maybe you can help others in your own way tomorrow. We really are all in this together. I'm glad you're here. Thank you for listening.

This week's improvisation is dedicated to the work of Walter Darby Bannard (www.wbannard.com).

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released May 18, 2022

Maurice Rickard: Guitar, programming

Instrument: 1970s 10-string pedal steel guitar in modified E9 tuning (F# 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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