The Effortless Quiet, by Marty Hicks

The Effortless Quiet

by Marty Hicks

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	1.	höstvind 07:10
	2.	caryatid 07:28
	3.	where the heart wanders 06:24
	4.	(things take) the time they take 06:27
	5.	alnum passages 17: the effortless quiet 10:44
	6.	house of rooms 06:26

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A collection of pieces born from periods of waiting, episodes of uncertainty, and moments of warmth.
This 6-track EP-length work brings together fragments of leftover sounds - old piano recordings, unused tape loops, timestretched strings - rediscovered during periods of isolation, and revisited from a place of stillness and quietude.
切ないピアノの旋律に、緩やかなテープループや温かみに包まれたシンセサイザーの音が重なるアンビエント作品。
忘れかけていた過去から響いてきた音の記憶、どことなく懐かしい情緒を浴びさせる、時空無きの音楽的水彩画。

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released November 2, 2020

All tracks written and performed by Marty Hicks

Tracks 3 and 6 recorded by Alexander Beck, March 2015.
Field recording used in track 5 recorded during Typhoon Hagibis, October 2019

Mastered by Joe Talia

Tracks 3 and 6 were recorded in a studio on Kulin land, of which the Wurundjeri people are traditional custodians. The artist acknowledges Elders past, present, and future, and that this land was never ceded.

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