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1.	Beginning Here 09:41	buy track
2.	In Other Worlds 10:24	buy track
3.	Now It Is 10:24	buy track
4.	Imperfect Circle 09:54	buy track
5.	At Last Light 09:29	buy track
6.	Fifteen Coats of Water 08:02	buy track
7.	Sky for a Roof 10:25	buy track
8.	There You Are 14:00	buy track

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This music led us slowly and quietly through darkness and light. That's not surprising, given the date. The air is slightly cooler than it's been, with the first sense of autumn arriving. The sky was perfectly clear and the weather mild, but the memories remain heavy.

It's the beginning of saying farewell to summer, and getting ready for what's next. The music this week reflects that light and dark simultaneity, not settling into one or the other, but discovering parts of each.

Just last week, Steve Roden (www.inbetweennoise.com) moved on to the next quiet realm, and I as thinking of his work's sense of restraint and acceptance, how it focuses our attention on what we'd normally miss. Some normally extraneous sounds (pedal presses, a pick or a thumb on a string) are left in, as a tribute to some of that sensibility.

This week's performance is dedicated to the artwork of Milly Ristvedt and to Steve Roden.

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released September 13, 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 > Dunlop Uni-Vibe > Moyo Volume > Max/MSP eight-delay patch with FFT pitch shift, tremolo, convolution reverb, Arturia Tape MELLO-FI.

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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