This one is dedicated to the ladies in my life, both of whom were born in Belém (Bethlehem), the capital of the state of Pará in Brazil with a population of over two million. The city is near the equator where the Amazon rivers meet the Atlantic.
The coda uses what I call the “modulating scale”: whole step, whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half, etc. This creates the effect of going around the circle of fifths as you go up through the different registers.
undulating contours manipulates field recordings and sets them in new contexts—against mirage-like melodies that amplify their surrealness. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 21, 2021
A Polish collective of producers come together for a meandering compilation of out-of-the-world beats and interstellar sounds. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 10, 2020
William Basinski & Preston Wendel are Sparkle Division, and the results are like nothing Basinski has done before—Think: noir-jazz b-movie. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 29, 2020