explorations, '22

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1.	March 20th - accustomed to their talk, we knew we needed to be stronger 08:21	buy track
2.	March 27th - so many unfurling influences in each part of us 02:04	buy track
3.	April 4th - a memory of visits at the ice caves, having only seen them from above 01:14	buy track
4.	April 25th - having found the distant hum of another's father 14:11	buy track
5.	May 2nd - a dreamless night over the sea's shallowest graves 04:16	buy track
6.	May 9th - some remnant of a moment I only imagined with you 12:00	buy track
7.	May 16th - a smile by chance on these hurtful days 08:43	buy track
8.	May 29th - being kind to the boundaries i made with myself 09:42	buy track
9.	June 5th - lakeview oregon in the summer of 2005 11:56	buy track
10.	June 25th - unterhaus 15:44	buy track
11.	July 9th (Morning) - preparing to catch up with old friends from long before 15:59	buy track
12.	July 9th (Afternoon) - another cup of coffee on a hot afternoon, three conversations 03:18	buy track
13.	August 7th - once again sitting alongside the santiam 03:24	buy track

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A collection of rough, one-take recordings from eurorack exploration sessions over several months in 2022. Many of these songs came from a place of emotional exhaustion as I navigated not only the stress of working in the mental health field, but also navigating a complicated family dynamic, preparing for grad school, and all the other day to day struggles of a human life.

Music is a place for me to shelter and process and express, and the moments I am able to carve out are a delicacy. Due to those moments being so few and far between, I have decided to transition away from eurorack as an instrument. Unfortunately the time it takes to explore patching, as beautiful and wondrous as it is, just doesn't work with the constraints I have on my time at this point in my life. I hope to return to eurorack again during another chapter of my life when I have more time to sit in the meditation that comes with it.

As this transition to new, more approachable instruments nears completion, I've collected a handful of recordings from this year to release, primarily voiced by the 9u/104hp eurorack instrument I put together over the last 18 months. These are rough recordings, more so entries from a diary than polished tracks, and I offer them humbly. I hope, at the very least, that some of the sounds stir up feelings for you.

I have learned so much through this exploration, and look forward to sharing my next adventures with you all in the coming year.

Take care,
-p

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released September 1, 2022

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