Earth Drones by Joey Largent
With meditations in structure, sound transference through the body, spatial influence on compositional development, and field recording improvisation, Earth Drones is Largent's initial exploration of durational performance, excavation into layers of consciousness, and void exploration through experiments with context-based recording and sound density. Recorded across three states that possess generational memory and connection, each piece explores a different aspect of the primordial relationship of the mind to the body, the vessel that is the body, and the connection between the vessel and its natural surroundings. Combined with this, the work explores the manipulation of the sonic frequencies of four acoustic instruments (harmonium, shruti box, three cymbals, toms) in order to heighten the listening environment for reflective explorations of time, memory, and depths of psychological reverberations.
Tracklist
| 1. | Night Thoughts Illuminate the Divine | 11:11 |
| 2. | Realms of Memory and Voidness | 10:46 |
| 3. | Tourmaline Resonance | 5:58 |
| 4. | Impermanence | 10:58 |
| 5. | Seven Auras | 15:02 |
Credits
All tracks written, recorded, mixed and mastered by Joey Largent.
Performed on harmonium, shruti box, malleted cymbals, snare, high/low toms.
Track 1 recorded in Fayetteville, Arkansas and Seattle, Washington (June ‘17 / April ‘18)
Tracks 2 and 5 recorded at Beaver Lake, Monte Ne, Arkansas (June - December ‘17)
Track 3 recorded after sunset in Devil’s Kitchen Cave, Roaring Rivers State Park, Cassville, Missouri (November ‘17)
Track 4 recorded at dusk and dawn on Second Beach near La Push, Washington (March ‘18)
Album design by Joey Largent. Physical copies screenprinted by Lance Lobuzetta in Pioneer Square, Seattle, Washington.
Special thanks to my friends, family, and to those who’ve provided me with unending encouragement, patience, and inspiration throughout the years. All my love to you.
Apophyllite Recordings, 2018
