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1.	Entrelacs 09:24	buy track
2.	Lueur XI 08:39	buy track
3.	Cesure 10:22	buy track
4.	Arcane XIV 11:25	buy track
5.	Miniature 09:20	buy track
6.	Losange couleur 10:08	buy track
7.	Ahura 12:32	buy track
8.	Parcours 11:40	buy track

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This performance was intuitive--I'd had some plans, which I immediately abandoned on starting the performance, preferring to live in the moment for the next hour and a half. My experience as the player was more sonically busy than the final result. This is particularly true with the hollowbody guitar, which is always going to produce acoustic sound in the room.

It's difficult to get a sense of these pieces until I listen back to the recordings. The pieces turned out to be sparser than I'd thought. They also have a meditative sense, a soundtrack for observing eternity. (Even if that's not what you're doing, this should go with it.)

Wherever you are, I hope you're taking good care of yourself! Thank you for listening!

This week's improvisation is dedicated to the work of Ode Bertrand.

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released February 16, 2023

Maurice Rickard: Guitar, programming

Signal chain: Univox Coily in Fahey C tuning (dropped to B) > Balls Effects KWB > Vox Wah > Moyo Volume > Max/MSP eight-delay patch with FFT pitch shift, tremolo, ring modulator, 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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