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1.	The Map in the Dream 07:25	buy track
2.	Clear Light 08:00	buy track
3.	Liberation Through Hearing 10:08	buy track
4.	Meditation on the Flaw 10:08	buy track
5.	The Far Expanse 10:18	buy track
6.	Next 08:57	buy track
7.	Awaken 07:13	buy track

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This week was an example of things being what they're going to be. Something (maybe an OS update?) changed on my laptop from last week to this week, and some normally reliable software stopped working. By the time I'd figured this out...it was 45 minutes into what would have been a normal performance, so I canceled. These pieces are from the following evening, and are what I had hoped the livestream would be. For everything else that was going on, Music did appear for this one.

This collection is dedicated to Russ Van Rooy.

Thank you for listening!

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released May 6, 2021

Maurice Rickard: Guitar, programming

Instrument: 1970s 10-string pedal steel guitar in modified E9 tuning (A C# E F# G# B E G# D# F#), played with thumb pick and eBow

Signal chain: pedal steel > Balls Effects KWB > Vox Wah > Moyo Volume > Max/MSP eight-delay patch with tremolo, buffer processing, convolution reverb, AudioThing Reels and AudioThing Motor.

Impulses: St Paul's Hall Huddersfield, Innocent Railway Tunnel, 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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