12 tracks / 51 min / 2007.
An album of electroacoustic lullabies + reveries with improvised piano, field recordings, Moog and ARP synths, SuperCollider sounds, and drums and percussion by Curt Newton.
drums + percussion performed by curt newton + recorded by amos scattergood in medford, mass., april 2005. piano on tracks 1, 2, 3, 11 + 12 recorded by paul scriver in the mills college concert hall, oakland, calif., feb 2006. all other piano, inside piano, moog IIIp + arp 2600 recorded by tara at the center for contemporary music, mills college, 2004 + 2006. field recordings are from auburn, mass., chicago, oakland + block island. electric guitar, little boy blue synth + supercollider instruments recorded in montreal, 2007. edited + mixed at home in oakland, providence, montreal + on the go.
painting of basin bay by mima (ellen hoogkamp).
warm thanks to curt, amos, paul, mom + dad, jody blackwell, jessica rylan, nancy tobin, maggi payne, chris brown, fred frith.
with gratitude also for the music of dave mckenna, shirley horn, bill evans, pauline oliveros, eliane radigue.