this moment is amazing it feels boundless

slow down and touch the air

Live performance of "Concréte 2" written and performed for Ted X Martha's Vineyard  for "Insanity, Genius & the creative process".
I discussed my compositional technique and finding your own creative way outside of the academic process.

Devonté Hynes - "Concrète 2" performed at TED X Martha's Vineyard August 2014

For the past eight years the duo of Rob Lowe and Michael Muller have nurtured and refined their creative partnership as the core members of the band Balmorhea.  Though their first album on Western Vinyl Rivers Arms (2008) garnered some remarkable press, their self-titled debut, recorded in 2006 and released in 2007 best captures the duo's unique magic as it first blossomed.  With no label, distributor, manager, publicist, or booking agent the duo quietly self-released their first recordings and started playing live shows. 

For these two Texans the release of their self-titled album was the beginning of a new trajectory in their lives.  They were young enough that their prefrontal cortexes were still developing, but old enough to tap into the ancient stories that coursed through their veins.  Though crudely recorded at home, those early songs display all of the key characteristics and emotional scope that continue to define the duo's sound.  Now, seven years later Western Vinyl is honored to have the opportunity reissue the band's self-titled album, and make it available on vinyl for the first time ever.

In honor of this special reissue, the audio has been lovingly remastered, drawing out even more of the nuances…magnifying the sounds of Muller and Lowe's fingers on the instruments, and teasing out the textures that set these recordings apart from the rest of their catalog.  Simple and sincere, these songs and ambient sounds the duo captured in these recordings are strangely inviting.  Throughout the album the distant sounds of Texas grackles, the warm summer rain, the steady rhythm of crickets chirping, and creaking wooden stools, all seeping in to cradle the notes in a restrained din of primordial wonder. 

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Liquid Mirror is the aural exploration of all intersections of ethereality with musician and artist Olive Kimoto. Interpreted eclectically, the monthly broadcast ranges from shoegaze and dream pop, to electronic and experimental. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/liquid-mirror/episodes/liquid-mirror-9th-december-2024

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"The Ruined Map" is the first single from the new CFCF LP, "Radiance and Submission", out this summer on Driftless Recordings.

vinyl pre-order: http://shop.thehyv.net/collections/driftless-recordings/products/pre-order-cfcf-radiance-and-submission-lp-limited-to-500

Itunes purchase:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-ruined-map-single/id999844596

Itunes LP preorder: 
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/radiance-submission/id1001516172

Bleep: https://bleep.com/release/61472-cfcf-radiance-submission
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CFCF - Radiance and Submission - The Ruined Map

This is not from my forthcoming album, just some things on my mind.
Photo by Robert Mapplethorpe.

Lyrics.
frustration and depression breaks me down
descending like they wanted underground
the further our journey the less you care
that's why you laugh at Kanye when he's talking in a chair
but the same conversation but replaced,
is good enough for laughs or a smile on your face,
happy to be singing all our songs to survive,
but when we need help, you don't get off til 5. 
it's powerful to feel so alone in a group

let me break this down for you and tell you how we feel again,
your fear is all you hold on to, so when you see me it's not fair
i have nothing left to give when you don't notice what is wrong,
Charleston left me broken down but it's just another day to you

i ain't got nothing left to give you
and i'm too tired, to even talk about it
while watching the fire,

tasting pain coming from a place of truth 

to be another in a messy world
to feel like giving in another turn?
you wouldn't listen if i told you

so how can i become anyone?

Written, arranged & produced by Devonté Hynes.

Devonté Hynes - Piano, Voice, Wurlitzer, Synths, Bass, Percussion, Drums.
Voicemail from Talwst (http://talwst.com)
Chris Egan - Drums from 6:13 onwards
Ava Raiin - Vocals
Samantha Urbani - Vocals

Devonté Hynes - "Concrète 2" performed at TED X Martha's Vineyard August 2014

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