Image, by Andromeda Monk

Image

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	1.	Dome 04:17
	2.	Jar 02:33
	3.	Paint 02:08
	4.	Lead (Pb) 02:55
	5.	Rope 03:36
	6.	Image 06:05

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Image was made using a technique called "no-input" on a mixing board, where the musician feeds the board back into itself to generate semi-chaotic noise. You can then use the EQ, volume faders, and send controls to sculpt the feedback and combine the different channels. These pieces were performed on a Mackie SR24.4 and a few effects pedals.

During the months that I was recording what would become this album, I was also just beginning to realize that I was trans. At a time of such personal upheaval, I felt completely safe in the sonic landscapes I was summoning late at night. I would hit record on each piece with only a vague plan for it, and it would seem to unfold before me like a dream. I envisioned the feedback loops and different routes that they could take as neural pathways that I was traversing, as though I was rewiring my self-image through improvisation. I had a space where I could feel whatever I was feeling, act on those feelings, and honor the results. All the pieces on the record are first takes.

Image was intended to be released as a split tape along with Every Emotion by Air Creature (AKA Spencer Schoening). Spencer and I discovered noise music at the same time, listened to it together, and generally shared our thoughts about it with one another while we began our respective journeys into making it. Of course, our tape plans were foiled by the pandemic, but we are still making this release a split: Air Creature's Every Emotion is included when you download Image =) You can also hear it here: aircreature.bandcamp.com/album/every-emotion-2

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released February 11, 2021

Recorded on the unceded occupied lands of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), and səlil̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) first nations, January - March 2019. Mastering and artwork by Andromeda.

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Andromeda Monk Vancouver, British Columbia

Electronics and woodwinds. Compositions, improvisations, & songs.

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