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The free world
by Alastria
Milcah Bassel - Translation
Conan Y. Fugit - Visual art
Alec Sir Baar Jahn - Mixing and mastering
F. Astrid Pike - Noise, direction, and premonition
A. P. Vague - Software and hardware instruments
Side A
Ha Tikva
Synth created/recorded via Puredata on the first day of Chanukah 2014 in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Digital piano, bass guitar, and drum set recorded on new year's day 2015 in Wichita, Kansas.
Black flack and the nightmare fighters (version 64)
Violin recorded in the spring of 2012 during a rainstorm in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Files manipulated and edited via Puredata between 2012 and 2015 in the United States of America. Drums recorded on January 9, 2015 in Wichita, Kansas.
Earth, wind, and firewater
Synth created/recorded live via Puredata at Pageant: Soloveev gallery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 26, 2014. Edited and manipulated during the first snow of 2015 in Wichita, Kansas.
Every possible chord in Western music #86-324 (edited)
Synth created/recorded via Puredata on September 9, 2014 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Additional noise recorded live (impromptu) with Scrimpy at Eris Temple Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 22, 2014. Edited and manipulated on January 10, 2015 in Wichita, Kansas.
Side B
The free world
Synth and other sounds created/recorded via Puredata during the summer of 2014 on a couch in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dobro, singing bowl, snare drum, and whistling recorded during the winter solstice of 2014 beside a leaf fire in the Pocono mountains, Pennsylvania. Digital piano, organ, drum set, and rain stick recorded on new year's eve 2014 in Wichita, Kansas.
-As long as deep in the heart
our sprit sings
and beyond, to the West
we look toward the heavens
our hope will not be lost
the hope of one million years
to be a free people in a free world
the land we call our own-
credits
released January 9, 2015
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