Relics, by Beachcomber

Relics

by Beachcomber

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Derek Jenkins Lustrous and compassionate music, like a beautiful friend nudging you awake on a sunny morning. Take your time.

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	1.	Coloma 07:39
	2.	As You See It 06:45
	3.	Memory's Wavering Echo 07:38
	4.	Dust To Dust 07:29
	5.	In A Standstill 06:02
	6.	Fluttering Lights 05:33
	7.	These Remaining Parts 05:53

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Beachcomber's "Relics" (2022), is a small but captivating collection of digitized cassette loops recorded in the fall of 2021. After spending the better part of the year writing music that subtly fills the airwaves with hints of colour, "Relics" is a pensive exploration in ambient music; music that isn't a focal point and doesn't command attention, but just simply adds some life into the pockets of silence that we've all come to know so well. Recorded with a 4-track tape recorder, grand piano, and modular synthesizer, the tape loops contain improvised piano passages that slowly reveal themselves as faint, unintentional melodies wrapped in a blur of tape haze and shimmering atmosphere.

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released February 7, 2022

Music composed and mixed by Beachcomber
Mastered by Gavin Gardiner at All Day Coconut Studio
Piano recorded at Union Sound Company

"Toronto based artist Beachcomber is an experimental musician with a particular fascination towards the art of tape looping. Intrigued by this minimalistic approach towards music making, he embraces both the limitations and imperfections of this process, creating expansive yet subdued soundscapes that provide an enveloping backdrop for the listener's surrounding environment. Tape loops are humbling objects; small pieces of physical material that possess self-contained compositions that can evolve into something emotive through the use of repetition. Ultimately, Beachcomber's inspiration is derived from the challenge of filling these limited spaces with immersive acquisitions of sound."

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