“If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.”

Release date:  November 6th (digital only)

Early support from: Setaoc Mass, Amotik, Kwartz, Kaiser, Lewis Fautzi, Stephanie Sykes, Marco Bailey, Paco Osuna, Takaaki Itoh TWR72, Nørbak.

Photography by Roko Poljak
Mastered by Temudo
Distributed by Triple Vision

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/ˌɑː(r) piː ˈem/ - Raveolutions per minute

n o t h i n g  b u t  e x p r e s s i o n

It's always about the mixing in life. In the few semesters of chemistry I studied, I already learned how to mix molecules and substances. But not only in chemistry it is important to mix different things to get harder, stronger or other variants. Also with us humans it is important to mix, to meet each other and to let something completely different and new emerge. 
We mix different kinds of vegetables and spices to get highly delicate food. We mix different materials to get designer clothes. We mix fruits for smoothies. We mix raw materials to obtain the most advanced technology. We mix colors for the greatest works of art in the world. And we mix different frequencies to create the best music in the world. 
Only by mixing can we create diversity and individuality. Only when we break down the borders between black and white and move in the grey zone it becomes exciting. Only by mixing can we achieve things that have never been there before.

A native-born Texan, John Michael Pekowski, PhD (b. 1975) began composing music at age 11. Simple improvisations on the family upright piano were followed by electronic compositions in BASIC code on the TI-99 computer.

In Junior High (1988) he was elected President of the Science Club, served as Social Chairman of the band, was awarded the John Philip Sousa Award, and was a featured soloist on trumpet. In High School (1994) John was section leader, co-principal trumpet of LYSO, Jazz One soloist (TTU Band Camp), and TMEA All-State Concert Band participant.

He was a member of the Texas Tech University Jazz One, Symphonic Band (1994-2002), recorded with the fee-improvisation ensemble YATE, his dissertation greatly advanced our understanding of the hierarchical organization of pitch-interval cycles within a voice-leading context, and was in contention for the Graduate Achievement Award.

The world premiere of his composition Jest of Moonlit Point for Pierrot Quintet, took place in 2024 and was performed by the Texas New Music Ensemble conducted by Bill Tacket. In 2021 Forest of the Birdsong for soprano sax (David Dees) and piano (Nataliya Sukhina) was premiered at Crickets Theater / Buddy Holly Hall.

Dr. Pekowski continues to compose classical instrumental. Recent works include String Quartet Suites No. 1-9 (2019-2022), Jest of Moonlit Point for Pierrot Quintet (2024), Brookhollow Bayou for Solo Flute (2024), and Suite for Orchestra No1-No2 (2023-2025).

SCSSN003 - Hitam - Path Research

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