seabeams, by canopy

seabeams

by canopy

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1.	the old earth 02:07	buy track
2.	solar 04:02	buy track
3.	landing party 03:45	buy track
4.	iron forests of ganymede 05:41	buy track
5.	ancient canals 05:09	buy track
6.	uncle quasar 05:40	buy track
7.	cassini 01:18	buy track
8.	ringlight (with marc wiliams) 04:55	buy track
9.	chaos terrain 05:00	buy track
10.	regolith 03:42	buy track
11.	the terraformers 06:15	buy track
12.	amphibian exodus 03:38	buy track
13.	emergence 06:04	buy track
14.	enceladus bathing 03:38	buy track
15.	gentle pets 09:20	buy track

about

Canopy has carefully crafted a narrative that reflects the winding relationship between past and future- raw, elemental, and primordial to fantastical science fiction- a voyage that hangs on the edge of pre and post Earthly habitat.

Seabeams is a compilation of live recordings from the latter half of 2014 and early January, 2015. All sounds were improvised by Matt Muirhead and McKenzie Ditter, using their handmade mbiras, mboura (mbira/tamboura combo), a synth-slinkie, and the occasional analog "Little Bits" synthesizers. Instruments were amplified through a homemade wooden Soundboard embedded with piezos. All rhythms, beats, and ocean-like sounds were created through hand-to-Soundboard contact. Saxophonist Marc Williams can be heard on track 8- "Ringlight." The babbling of Stony Run Creek runs throughout the album and was recorded on location while the duo played acoustically.

Video of improvised performance can be found at... www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOzm6CPwIH0&feature=youtu.be

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released January 23, 2015

Matt Muirhead and McKenzie Ditter
Marc Williams- saxophone on track 8, "Ringlight"

Album art by Matt and McKenzie and more can be found at www.mattmuirhead.jimdo.com and www.mckenzieelizabeth.co respectively.

Find them on instagram as mattmuirheadartist and mckenzie.e.ditter

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canopy Baltimore, Maryland

Canopy is a Baltimore-based collaboration between Matt Muirhead and McKenzie Ditter, formed in January 2014. The duo plays improvised music on instruments they've built from scratch. Canopy's sound is inspired by EDM, world, punk, classical, and folk music and is always analog. Matt is a longtime builder of non-traditional instruments, primarily kalimba and tamboura. ... more

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Paint Water

Sep 2016
Pattern Hands

May 2016
fields

May 2016
spring city

May 2015
seabeams

Jan 2015
Poe (with Joseph Crespo)

Oct 2014

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