What kind of instrument do you have
right now? Would you be into recording
a set length of “music” using some key
and I’ll do the same and then I’ll mix
them together? It can be a voice memo
quality recording. Just hit record and
play for at least seven minutes? In the
key of? You pick if you accept...xo
-Travis55
Like the candle, this wasn’t my idea. A few days later when I was feeling
anxious and upset, I sat in my bed and sang mostly held notes in the key
of B flat major for 7 minutes as a voice memo on my phone and texted it
to Travis. He sent back an edited version, layering my recording with his
- keyboard played in a bathroom at night while his family was sleeping.
These are safe ways of making: This project that invites me to open my
mouth and sing, holding me safely in a nook of care, a collaboration that
holds us both in the ways we need to be held.
These collaborations are acts of care. They reach across time and space,
connecting me with loved ones, creating a communication that is not of
words. The text is a tool, bringing us from different physical spaces into
time together. Through these acts we find one another. The
instantaneous text combines with a mirrored physical action - creating
an altogether new time space of presence and support. These friends
create the spaces for me when I don’t know how to for myself, all I have
to do is show up. And showing up means reaching out.
58918012’s hatred of piano inspired him to build an entire album around the instrument—which, ironically, led to gorgeous music. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 22, 2023
This Chicago (where else?) post-rock group builds wafting atmospheric ambient out of slow drums and a shimmering churn of droning guitars. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 30, 2024
Inspired by Dungeons & Dragons, the latest from Erik Gundel is the best kind of sensory overload, full of sizzling electronics. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 16, 2022