Black Edition
Edition: 33
Format: Ferro normal-bias cassette
Released: November 11, 2023
Duration: 00:48:32
Price: $10 • Purchase
White Edition
Edition: 33 + 1 test pressing
Format: Ferro normal-bias cassetteReleased: November 11, 2023Duration: 00:48:32
Price: $10 • Purchase
Digital
Edition: OpenFormat: Various lossless formatsReleased: November 11, 2023Duration: 00:48:32Price: $7 • Purchase
NotesDaniel Browne played Pianet, sequencers, and synthesizers. Ryan Beckemeyer played Model:Cycles, norns, synthesizers, and tape machines.
Recorded in Los Angeles October 2 – 5, 2023All songs written by Ryan Beckemeyer and Daniel BrowneCassettes professionally dubbed in Canada
Mixed and mastered by Ryan Beckemeyer
Photography by Maurissa De La Mora
Design by Ryan Beckemeyer
In the autumn of 2023, Daniel Browne and Ryan Beckemeyer, lifelong friends now residing in different states, hung out and spontaneously composed an album over four days.
This context makes a lot of sense when listening to Improvisation for Pianet and Synthesizer which reflects the circumstances from which it sprung, oscillating between a warmly nostalgic embrace and the exhilarating rush of the unknown.
Moments of dub, post-punk, jazz, and ethereal soundscapes coalesce into something that eschews definition. Perhaps best described by your most stoned friends sagely whispering things like "aggressive spa" or "progressive frisson” between giggles and snacks.
It feels both lush and open, both meticulous and free. Whatever it is, it’s a journey.
Opening track Sunglint introduces both itself and the album with a soothing yet eerie twinkle, reminiscent of a lullaby echoing from the depths of a well. This lays the groundwork for a few of the album's recurring themes before ultimately melting into the laconic afternoon dub combo of Herbal Rubber and I Hardly Even Know'er.
As the album progresses, a subtle tension begins to weave its way in, beginning from the disquieting, abandoned funhouse of High Cost, Low Value and into the captivating and slightly paranoid observatory trip that is Deepspacejazz.
It is at this point that Equator steps in, serving as a transition into the latter half of the record, taking you for a walk, and guiding you back home just as Post New Age emerges to tuck you into your haunted bed. The album wisely concludes with Spiritual Guidance a kiss on the forehead, imbued with glitchy optimism, to send you on your way.
If this sounds like a lot it isn't and also totally is. The experience ultimately mirrors a reunion with an old friend – where much has transpired, yet no time has passed at all.
Maurissa De La Mora, 2023