PRFBBQ 2021

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1.	Tarr Steps 06:16	buy track
2.	Arkadiko 06:20	buy track
3.	Meles 09:12	buy track

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This is a short set I did in advance of the 2021 summer PRF BBQ. I recorded these live on June 18, 2021, and I sent visualizations of the first two tracks to the PRFBBQ team. I improvised the third one at the same time, and it's included here as a bonus track.

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released July 11, 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.

Reverb impulse: 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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