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Seasonal Diary I: Radical Tenderness

by Various Artists

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Seasonal Diary I: Radical Tenderness is the first compilation in a new periodical series that explores life's cyclicality and nature's variability through different sonic moods. We invited six artists to craft the sonority of relatively opposing spectrums – cold and cozy – which paired together depicts the lush duality of the winter season. The result is a heartfelt narrative about the search and pursuit of solace in the midst of turbulent and uneasy times.

Radical Tenderness opens with Ned Milligan’s Two Woods, where the percussive backdrop of falling raindrops pound out smooth, lulling rhythms. These pearly-like passages seamlessly continue in Lieven Martens’ explorations, who examines the phenomenon of echolocation calls in Hidden Music. Made purely with bat sounds, he manipulates the frequencies to make what is not heard in everyday life audible. In Below Below by Perimeter O we stay with the repetitive pace of winter melancholy, resulting in a mix of longing and capitulation, yet gently leading us towards slowness and contemplation. The feeling is enhanced by High Heaven where Vazz spins a tale full of yearning, painting a rebellious vision of earth parched and dry under the pure blue sky, all of this with perversely icy precision and guitar chime reminiscent of invisible rain. In Tiny Lives, Liew Niyomkarn manoeuvres everyday lives by switching to survival mode, where in a mysterious ghostly whisper she finds her place of comfort. Maria Moles’ Starlings Gap, Morning Fog closes with heavy synths in counterpoint to delicate piano, bringing the two worlds together and leaving the listener with a lingering feeling, akin to a cold breeze kissing your cheeks on a frigid day.

The subtle textures, phasing harmonics, and vibrant soundscapes of these sonic acts embody a radical form of tender gesture that can embrace much more than what is at arm's length.

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released December 23, 2022

Mastering by Mathieu Savenay
Artwork by Letterlik
Words by Martyna Basta

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