Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Euclid - LP Vinyl

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c0011294
UPC:
751937432012

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Album:
Euclid
Artist:
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
Format:
12" Vinyl
UPC:
751937432012

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Kaitlyn's solo debut Euclid (primarily written on a Buchla Music Easel synthesizer) was inspired by her love of mbira music, early electronic music pioneers like Laurie Spiegel, Oskar Sala, and Terry Riley, and euclidian geometry. Each of the first six songs on Euclid were initially structured using euclidian geometry, an idea which Smith explored while attending a class at the San Francisco Conservatory. As Smith explains, "We each chose a 3D shape and assigned our own guidelines to the different components that make up the shape. For example each point of the shape represents a different time signature, each line between the points represents a pitch, each shape within the closed lines represents a scale, etc. And then you play the shape." Despite their heady geometric origins, the songs have a playfulness and warmth that makes them inviting and memorable. In addition to the buoyant grooves of Smith's synthesizers, some of the songs feature wordless vocals, which energize the otherworldly songs, while grounding them with Smith's earthly presence.
A1Careen
A2Wide Awake
A3Stunts
A4Sundry
A5Glide
A6Escapade
BLabyrinths I-XII