Butterfly Dust, by Simon Wickham-Smith

Butterfly Dust

by Simon Wickham-Smith

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	1.	Objects Appearing 30:11
	2.	Qaumtiik 06:00
	3.	Foralicem 21:42

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S!!!'s first solo CD, Butterfly Dust is 3 pieces for organ, voice, woodwind, and didgeridoo. The performances on Butterfly Dust are informed by a rare combination of virtuosity and exploratory improvisation different from Simon's equally revelatory computer music. In comparison with some prior performances (e.g. Simon’s startlingly skilled assault on a grand piano on Youngs/Wickham-Smith's Knish), BD is in a more minimal style, where sounds are given room to build up and establish a mood over the long term. This is particularly true of the long organ solo "Objects Appearing," where notes are slowly added to a drone over a period of several minutes, giving each newly introduced note a significant impact. Recorded in Australia.

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released January 18, 2018

Objects Appearing - for voice, yamaha v50, & Korg MIR
Qamutiik - for Peruvian recorder
Foralicim - for Didjeridu

Butterfly Dust was recorded at Revots Studios, Aeroglen, Queensland, Australia on May 5th, 1999 and was engineered by Tom Stover

Thanks to Stan Sachlikides for the introduction and to Murray Garde, Steven Knopoff, and Karl Neuenfeldt for assistance in researching the Didjeridu.

Thanks to Lizzie Auston for the back-cover butterfly

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