Grenade - Now That You're Leaving (edit)

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alejandra and aeron - the tale of pip (2001)
dale berning – going places sitting down (2007)
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kevin – staying (unreleased 2022)
brael and tokyo bloodworm – saturn shine (2008)
zegunder – caterpillar (2004)
brown paper – the luxury of dirt (2001)
pirandelo – rebus malrisolto (2005)

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ryan - the littlest song

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ˋOur Blood For .Sˊ
July 24, 2023

https://daisart.bandcamp.com/album/our-blood-for-s

Expanding from Theodore Cale Schafer’s introverted and veiled personal composition style, ˋOur Blood For .Sˊ sees the musician writing for a trans-american ensemble spanning Chicago, Northern Colorado, Texas, and New York City. Schafer has directed and sourced recordings from instrumentalists Tommy Paslaski ˋCelloˊ , mari rubio ˋviolinˊ , and Matthew Sage ˋclarinetˊ , carefully grafting discrete parts into his own unique fidelity. Across these four works, the musicians’ arterial acoustic performances circulate around Schafer’s emotional core—enchanted by his ability to distill poetic introspection out of dry audio. A careful balance between file-sharing and Schafer’s diaristic approach allow the works to scale into both miniature and empyrean vistas—big skies and small rooms—a moving music where an audio file shot across the plains finds celestial orbit.

Schafer’s music often confronts the tropes of ambient, drone, field recording, and now chamber music to arrive at a kind of “concrete” aesthetic. “Our Blood for .S” is a clear step into a more formal approach for Schafer, hybridising his penchant for documentation and “minor music” with a clear ear for writing for ensembles. Noble and “chapbook-like” in its immediacy, the long-form works on “Our Blood for .S” establish an emotional crossfade between his digital and acoustic orientations—the merchant room in Resident Evil and the court chambers of classical and Gagaku ensembles—the dividing lines that music flows between … “Our Blood.”

- Nick Scavo

Lifelong

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