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Structures Portante Nos. 1 & 2

by Avalon Kalin

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Allez 09:32
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River Poem 2 04:28
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Invocation 06:09
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Echolalia 03:51
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Hear Heart 04:02
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Our Hour 06:27

about

With Structures Portante Nos. 1 & 2. Avalon Kalin presents eight harmonic sound works utilizing electronics, field recordings, and voice. The artist designed these practical sound compositions to illicit feelings of peace and curiosity through rich webs, or "support structures", of harmony. These harmonic webs are woven together with use of vintage hardware and filtering and can take days to calibrate. This weaving of harmonic overtones is nuanced and has become a distinctive sound in his musical offerings.

The first section here contains mostly long pieces. The longest being Celebration of Awareness [a reference to Ivan Illich's book], at just over twenty minutes. River waves lapping, children playing, and indoor-market ambience add a sense of nostalgia and reality to this section as the field sounds become integrated and used as percussive and tonal relief. In addition, the use of sinoidal tones gives the impression of spacial feedback. Nonetheless, Kalin's use of analog sweeps, vibraphone, chimes, and voice synthesizers anchor these pieces in the classic meditative sound palette of decades past.

Number 2 brings brings the voice of Kalin's daughter, Calliope in to the mix. We hear her poetic cadence and voice work, furthering the feeling of nostalgia while expanding a sense of presence to the pieces, inviting the listener to come in even closer. Piano adds to this emotion.

Structures Portante Nos. 1 & 2 mark Kalin's third venture in to purely soft music, after his Spiral Way [Gift of Dance 2020] and Equinox Dusk [with Mark Pearsall, Meditation Series]. We can expect more of this direction from him in the coming months as he prepares a purely sound-entrainment album for release later in the year. He has already begun recording Structures Portante No. 3 as well, in which he hopes to include new collaborations.

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released March 21, 2022

All music written and produced by Avalon Kalin. With vocals and poems by Calliope Kalin. All rights reserved. Elaborations, ASCAP. Copyright 2022. Gift of Dance Records. GoD015. For inquiries 509-720-7734

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Avalon Kalin Spokane, Washington

Healing electronic music.

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