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HOMO | Talking To An Empty Room

1) Form Is Emptiness
2) Are We?
3) Entities
4) Emptiness Is Form

These tracks took on a very different path from their original intention; they were recorded for a collaboration with the extraordinary pedal steel guitarist Susan Alcorn. I first met Susan in 2006, and was deeply touched by her spirit, both musically and personally. 
In September 2024 i finally got the courage to invite her for a duo, and in January 2025 i sent her
three of the tracks featured here. 
She wrote back: "really cool keyboards. Not sure what to play with them yet", to which i replied: "i hope you figure out what to play. I tried to leave space for you." 

Susan suddenly passed away a week later; i decided to continue this work as an homage to her. 
I briefly considered adding various instruments, but in the end kept the space i left for Susan, as an acknowledgement of her absent presence, just adding some organ.
The only exception is track 2, recorded after Susan's passing; the notes used for the melody are the root notes of the Nashville pedal steel guitar tuning.
Emotional matters aside, i hope that, musically, this work will do justice to my friend Susan Alcorn, April 4 1953 - January 31 2025.  

"You are not limited to one room. There are many rooms." - Angus MacLise.

Written | Produced | Performed by HOMO on: Electric Piano | Organ | Electronics (Track 3).
Recorded by Benjamim Gomes at 5A, Porto, January 2 & March 5 2025. 

The titles of tracks 1) & 4) come from the Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya Sutra.
Thank You: Benjamim Gomes, Catarina Rebelo, J Aernus, Paddy Shine.

Form Is Emptiness

— Não sei...

MUSIC FOR THE PROCESS OF DYING is a work of non-verbal poetry.
The evocative function of words is replaced by a soundscape in which human utterances, electronic textures, birds/insects/weather, heavily processed instruments and field recordings are woven into five tracks aimed at the subconscious.

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