Aster, by Owls Also

Aster

by Owls Also

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1.	Azazel 06:43	buy track
2.	Maat's Feather 05:52	buy track
3.	Harlequin 07:36	buy track
4.	Eleventh Turning 06:56	buy track
5.	Pressure Drop 06:08	buy track
6.	Benediction 05:45	buy track

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When I close my eyes and dream of a river it’s in motion, setting the pace for its surroundings in stark relief. That’s part of what makes a frozen river so jarring — it plays with your sense of solidity, your ability to reason about what you’ll encounter along its banks.

Rivers don’t freeze all at once. It starts with a foothold along a shallow edge that's protected from the flow and grows larger. Then, on the coldest night, it spreads from all sides till the center becomes solid, a hypnagogic fade to black. Once the ice takes hold its grasp is tenuous, and only a string of coldest days stands a chance against the flow. This is a dream the river dreams and will awaken from.

When I arrive in early morning at the Royal River in late February it’s so still that I hear everything around it for the first time, the white noise swoosh gives way to crackling branches and soft birdsong. I love the way sound can play with our sense of solidity, the way a rhythm can lull you into following a central pulse and then shift beneath you when combined with a new sound. That frozen river moment when background and foreground trade places and time shifts.

"I wish I had a river / I could skate away on" - Joni Mitchell

Benediction is dedicated to Mark Geiger (1953 - 2023)

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released June 18, 2023

All sounds by Dan Melnick, synthesizers, guitar, bass, percussion, drum programming, various instruments, etc

released at 11:58AM eastern time on June 18th 2023 eastern time based on astrological election by תַּעֲלֻמוֹת

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Aster

Jun 2023
Sage

Dec 2022
Lavender

Apr 2022
Wisteria

Dec 2021
Oleander

Sep 2021

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