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1.	Morning Haze 10:32	buy track
2.	City-Sunscape 09:50	buy track
3.	The Magic Column 10:44	buy track
4.	Sky Garden 09:26	buy track
5.	Mirror Shadow 13:18	buy track
6.	Night Leaf 07:06	buy track
7.	Moon Garden 07:21	buy track
8.	Winter Chord 06:33	buy track
9.	Beyond and Beyond 10:36	buy track

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A regular practice like this performance series...is both predictable and unpredictable. Monday nights have a familiar rhythm of actions and practices, but there have been gradual changes and trends over time. (It's worth going back to some early ones to compare--many of those seem more raw.)

There are also shorter-term changes--maybe one week I'm very focused, and another I'm less so. Maybe I'm tired, or maybe I'm feeling very directed toward a goal, or have a plan to make the performance different from others. This week, I was tired, and let the music direct where it wanted to go, without trying too hard to nudge it in a particular way. The result...seems rather organic. It's Music that wants to manifest itself. It wants to be heard.

Wherever you are, I hope you're well and taking good care of yourself.

This performance is dedicated to the work of Louise Nevelson. Thank you for listening!

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released March 9, 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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