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1.	Language Barrier 09:04	buy track
2.	North Slope 09:56	buy track
3.	Fabric of Space 12:08	buy track
4.	Version I 15:20	buy track
5.	Mendocino Seascape 10:08	buy track
6.	Music I Heard 10:40	buy track
7.	Future 11:06	buy track
8.	The Color of Memory 13:46	buy track

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Two years ago I released week 74 in this series, which has a real presence. I'd thought to try a similar approach this week--same instrument, working with its short sustain, starting with a smaller reverb, and seeing where that took me. This music was going on a different journey than the earlier work did--this one's much longer, for one thing. In terms of timbre, many notes sound like wind instruments: flute, bass flute, double reed instruments...there's definitely a connection to the breath here, particularly on the first piece.

Wherever you are, I hope you're taking good care of yourself. This performance is dedicated to the work of Mary Dill Henry. Thank you for listening!

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released August 25, 2023

Maurice Rickard: Guitar, programming

Signal chain: home-built Res-O-Glas > Balls Effects KWB > Vox Wah > Moyo Volume > Max/MSP eight-delay patch with FFT pitch shift, tremolo, convolution reverb, AudioThing Reels.

Impulses: St. Paul's Huddersfield, 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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