music at a distance 116

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1.	Violin on Copper 08:03	buy track
2.	Enzo Circle 08:16	buy track
3.	Body Feedback 09:16	buy track
4.	Process Landscape 11:17	buy track
5.	Finger Lines 08:53	buy track
6.	A Door Must Be Either Open or Closed 09:20	buy track
7.	The Hand of the Artist 09:36	buy track
8.	A Line as Far as I Can Reach 13:30	buy track

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Last week brought a large audience, and my attention often seemed to drift away from the music in the performance. At the time, I'd thought that it was just my over-awareness of the audience, but...just a few days later, I'd become sick from COVID. (This was not the livestream audience's fault!) I'd simply not had my full attention to spare. The next several days have been devoted to recovery, and this performance--the 116th--found me well enough to perform, and able to devote my attention to listening for the music.

Both I and this performance feel a lot better. The Moog is the right instrument, and its harmonic ability is fully on display here in a way that seems a bit different from previous outings. I've been able to embrace the instrument as it is, and let its voice come to the foreground. I'm rather happy with this one.

This week's performance is dedicated to the work of Tom Marioni. Thank you for listening!

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released June 8, 2022

Maurice Rickard: Guitar, programming

Signal chain: Moog Guitar > Balls Effects KWB > Vox Wah > Moyo Volume > Max/MSP eight-delay patch with FFT pitch shift, double tremolo, convolution reverb, AudioThing Reels.

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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