Eight Pieces for Mandolin / The Appearance of Being, by Mike Grabarek / Mor Air

Eight Pieces for Mandolin / The Appearance of Being

by Mike Grabarek / Mor Air

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Mike Grabarek / Mor Air Split C58 Cassette
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Hand-dubbed in real time to Black/White C-58 cassettes. Eight Pieces for Mandolin plays out on Side A, while The Appearance of Being plays out on Side B. All cassettes come with double-sided tracklist insert and reversible j-card housed in a clear norelco case. Edition of 50, 25 for sale here on Bandcamp.

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1.	Mike Grabarek - Focusing on Stone 02:49	buy track
2.	Mike Grabarek - The Path is Longer at Night 08:15	buy track
3.	Mike Grabarek - Permanent Flower 02:34	buy track
4.	Mike Grabarek - Lexical Alimentation 02:50	buy track
5.	Mike Grabarek - Use It or Lose It 03:00	buy track
6.	Mike Grabarek - Bled 02:18	buy track
7.	Mike Grabarek - Technically Present 02:49	buy track
8.	Mike Grabarek - Real Life Chess 01:27	buy track
9.	Mor Air - Archimedes at Dawn With His Throat Cut 02:39	buy track
10.	Mor Air - Zeros to Burn 03:54	buy track
11.	Mor Air - Splintered Stems 03:12	buy track
12.	Mor Air - Mercury Pond 02:20	buy track
13.	Mor Air - Breathtaker 04:36	buy track
14.	Mor Air - Drip 03:13	buy track
15.	Mor Air - The Wild Behind the Machine 02:55	buy track

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Pearsoll Peak's fifth release comes as a split from Mike Grabarek and Mor Air.

For Grabarek's half, eight tightly-wound mandolin exercises massage the mind, stimulating and relaxing simultaneously. Recommended for fans of shimmering stringed acoustics à la Laraaji or Joanne Robertson.

Mor Air's half is considerably more digital, presenting seven electronic sketches so harrowingly beautiful they're perhaps best suited as soundscapes for the apocalypse, though we can't wait that long.

Together, the two disparate yet parallel halves form an amazing album of heightened rawness and sonic immediacy, showcasing the artist's mindsets and aesthetics circa 2021.

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Mike Grabarek is one half of the Portland, Oregon duos Magic Fades and Location Services. Having explored the sonic depths of cybernetic electronica and post-human club rhythms with Magic Fades, Grabarek moved firmly into the territory of gentle ambience and acoustic warmth with Location Services, playing counterpoint on the fretless bass alongside bandmate Josh Ward’s masterful harp melodies, all accentuated with delicate hints of synthetic processing from an SP-404 sampler. In a continuation of this sound palate, Grabarek presents his first solo effort for Pearsoll Peak, this time putting down the fretless bass and picking up the mandolin.

Mor Air is the project of London via Vancouver BC artist Colin Moir. With releases on Genot Centre and Healing Sound Propagandist, Mor Air weaves together synthetic pads with processed samples and field recordings to a harrowing effect. This combination of moody electronics and introspective themes is occasionally accented by the undercurrent pulse of a trip-hop beat and does so in a way that alludes equally to the rain-soaked streets of London and the mystical natural world of Western Canada.

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released April 20, 2021

Written and produced by Mike Grabarek (tracks 1-8) and Colin Moir (tracks 9-15). Tracks 1-8 mastered by Dylan Howe and Matthew Pepitone. Tracks 9-15 mastered by Colin Moir.

"Eight Pieces for Mandolin" additionally features Josh Ward and Derek Hunter Wilson on harp and viola respectively.

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Pearsoll Peak est. 2020 by Dylan Howe and Matthew Pepitone.

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MP2

Apr 2024
December 22

Mar 2024
Reincarnation

Jan 2024
Vol. 11

Sep 2023

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