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Oio

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Pip 10:55
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Qiq 12:47
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Rir 15:13
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Three Vignettes 04:22

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Oio was recorded live in a lounge room at 10am on Saturday 15th February 2020 with a handheld stereo recorder. It is three people improvising accompanied by two portable cassette recorders playing cassette loops. The only goal was to produce music that was hypnotic and immersive and we talked about phasing, drones, the role of chance, and improvisation. No keys or scales or tempi were discussed so each piece was begun by listening to the cassette loops for a brief period and then someone would take the initiative to start playing something. Each piece was ended whenever we all stopped.

Three Vignettes is different but still features the cassette loops. We loosely defined a rhythmic pattern -
||: short, short, short, short, long :|| x3
- but left any ideas about pitch undefined, each member taking a turn to direct one iteration of the composition.

During each improvisation you can hear musicians shifting in their seat, guitar pedal switches, and other accidentally captured sounds. These noises are welcomed and provide most of the very few percussive sounds on the album.

credits

released May 1, 2020

Claire Johnstone - violin
Michael Macdermid - electric bass
Kier Stevens - electric guitar, lap steel, recording, cover art

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Kier Stevens Music Melbourne, Australia

Here be the myriad music recording projects of Kier Stevens and those gracious souls that work with him. He likes to compose instrumental music, improvise experimental music, play steel guitar, write blues songs and ballads, and his name rhymes with beer. ... more

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