Boreal Solitaire, by Amar Lal

Boreal Solitaire

by Amar Lal

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Downloads include the Subharmonicon patch notes for each track and a set of photos of the view from my place of quarantine. All proceeds will be donated to the Alameda County Food Bank.

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1.	Time 07:03	buy track
2.	moves 06:13	buy track
3.	forwards 04:57	buy track
4.	only, 04:44	buy track
5.	completely 05:24	buy track
6.	unrelenting. 04:48	buy track
7.	How 03:13	buy track
8.	still 06:55	buy track
9.	can 05:17	buy track
10.	I 02:39	buy track
11.	remain 04:37	buy track
12.	during 03:12	buy track
13.	its 06:28	buy track
14.	passage? 04:08	buy track

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Boreal Solitaire - 14 missives from early winter in the Canadian Shield - finds composer Amar Lal in a daily practice of crafting and documenting live performances using a Moog Subharmonicon synthesizer. Created during a 2 week quarantine in a cottage in central Ontario, the works pay musical homage to Edward Abbey’s tradition of finding beauty in a desolate landscape. In order to capture his perceptions of the expansive countryside for this epic ode to his homeland, Lal draws inspiration from the organic, textural synthesis style pioneered in his current home, the Bay Area. Ranging from ecstatic polyrhythms to melancholy ethereality, listeners are immersed in a 70-minute meditative and consuming journey through time and timbre.

The ability to both make a living while quarantined and to have time to explore the boundaries of a new instrument are certainly privileges during a global pandemic. As such, all proceeds will be donated to the Alameda County Food Bank, who currently provide over 1 million meals per week to one of the regions of the US with the highest housing insecurity.

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released March 5, 2021

Created by Amar Lal in Baysville, Ontario during a 2-week quarantine period in December, 2020
Mastered by Greg Obis at Chicago Mastering Service

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