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1.	Ancient Ship 09:36	buy track
2.	Shadow of the Moon 07:41	buy track
3.	In the Deep Sea 09:47	buy track
4.	Fleeting Dream 09:15	buy track
5.	Six Magnetic Fields 06:40	buy track
6.	Moon on the Water 09:24	buy track
7.	At the Ruins 09:41	buy track
8.	Phase of Nothingness 06:36	buy track
9.	Garden of Light 10:56	buy track

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Sunday night, I had the rare opportunity to attend a question-and-answer session given by Robert Fripp and David Singleton. While it's obvious that RF's solo ambient guitar work is a major influence and inspiration for this series, subtleties of that influence are worth pointing out.

There's the practice of the musician continually challenging themselves in live performance. One can build a lush, sonic world with a guitar, fuzz, wah, and volume pedals, one note at a time. Music arrives on its own terms, and we need to be present to listen for it. Music can, given a chance, change the world...by changing the worlds of other musicians and listeners, who can also change their worlds. These are bold thoughts, but the world needs boldness now.

(In a further nod to Sunday's talk, the last piece also follows one of Robert's guidelines: "When you don't know what to do, play an F#!")

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

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released October 6, 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, Arturia Tape MELLO-FI.

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