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​Mostly we put our daily recommendations here for the blog readers among you, although occasionally we go longform.
Reading about music is a bit like looking at pictures of food - not nearly half as much fun as getting involved, so we scribble a brief intro to hopefully whet your appetite but you're better off just hitting play. Not very "slow" I know but there's a lot of music to check these days & hopefully you'll find the recommendations a handy filter.
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7/3/2021 0 Comments

Sonya Waters - The Sheltering Ranges (Cudhigi)

WHAT THE COVER LOOKS LIKE:
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WHAT WE SAY:

Sonya Waters translates her wind turbine iced, New Zealand valley vista into a swirling, lava lamp hued, New Agetronic, fluffy cloud of an LP for Cudighi Records. This is a safe place where worries condense into life giving droplets & refresh Covid parched landscapes.
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WHAT YOUR EARS SAY:

WHAT THE RELEASE NOTES SAY:

The Sheltering Ranges is a set of ambient pieces. It combines loops, synths, pianos, phonetic poetry, and wind turbine field recordings. The pieces explore a non-diatonic world while maintaining a melodic sensibility and a glimmering of songs. This album was made as part of a sonic arts project at NZMS. It is about Wellington’s astonishing weather.

"I liked to play the synths while looking out the window. Across the valley high on the hill the wind turbine turned briskly, or it sat completely still, its fins jutting out into the sky. Sometimes the sound of whirring would drift across to the house. Up close the turbine hummed and swished in a constant rhythm. Other turbines emitted creaks, groans, whooshes, and delicate resonant frequencies. The field recordings became a central part of the music.

Ben Van Howe at Cudighi Records suggested extending the project by asking other composers to create remixes. The remix tracks were made by six different artists from different places in the world during lockdown. They sound alluring, imaginative, provocative, and completely unique."
- Sonya Waters

Credits:

Thank you Dugal McKinnon, Ludus, Laura Luna Castillo, Rami Moscovich, Jet Jaguar, Maryana Klochko, John Heighes, and Ben Howe.

Mastered by Thomas Voyce

Watercolor by Jacqui Cotter

Design by Stephen McCarthy
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