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1.	Return of the Sun 08:56	buy track
2.	This Wayward Floating Body 10:50	buy track
3.	The Horizon Escapes Your Touch 07:18	buy track
4.	The Color of Soil 08:32	buy track
5.	Many Kinds of Absences 08:16	buy track
6.	You Can Hear the Whales Breathing 09:05	buy track
7.	How Elements Move Through 11:38	buy track
8.	Solarhringur 10:01	buy track
9.	The Earth and the Sky Are Old Friends 10:58	buy track

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Live performances have identities of their own, affected by the tangible and the intangible--events during the performance, but also the energy and emotion felt and expressed by the performer and audience. The performance event is often like driving in fog--where am I going? Is this the right direction? Is this even a road? If all goes well, we arrive safely.

In the improvisational moment, it can be difficult to see the overall structure of the piece, and it's often more effective to ask if a change makes immediate sense in context, trusting that they'll also make sense as part of a whole. Some sections sound like a brass ensemble, and some sound more like woodwinds. They sound alive and present, which is what matters.

Thank you to Min, DIDBOX, Nick, TotoRobyn, and everyone who was there. This performance is dedicated to the work of Jessica Houston (www.jessicahouston.net). Thank you for listening!

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released March 2, 2023

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: 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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