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Lost on the soft edge

by Fifth Botanist

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Brooks Hill 06:27
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Digitalis 03:35
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Resonance 01:32
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Stasis 06:48
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Wake Warm 04:05
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April 7 02:07

about

In a sense, this is an ambient ‘pandemic album’, but from this time of uncertainty and inertia it reaches into the past and looks to the future. I like to use field recordings as a foundation; on many tracks there is a definite sense of place - a seashore in England, woodland, a hot summer night in Texas, conversation on a living room couch. The music was composed with a combination of real (e.g. chimes, kalimba, Moog Sub 37) and software instruments. I don’t listen to piano music, so I was surprised when piano sounds became a central element. Layered soft piano features on many tracks, drenched in reverb and regret on ‘San Cristóbal’ or jagged with tension on ‘Stasis.’ I like to document my son in sound; to record how his voice, vocabulary, and thoughts change as he grows. His voice features prominently on two tracks. ‘Bartlett Pear’ and ‘April 7’ offer pretty melodies and hope, which is a deliberate break from tracks where melodies are suggested, rather than realized, or become lost in tension.

I really enjoyed the process of making this album, and my hope is that a few people enjoy the process of listening to it.

Thanks, Dan (Fifth Botanist).

credits

released April 1, 2022

Mastered by Taylor Deupree @ 12K Mastering. A special thank you to Asen Thornton for his voice and thoughts. Thanks to Sarah Brooks.

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Fifth Botanist Texas

Ambient and electronic

Music made using synthesizers, field recordings, guitars and pedals.

Grew up in England and lives in Texas.

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