cascade symmetry

by r beny

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.foundation Quiet, self-reflective beauty washed in sea-foam and falling through the cracks in the sand. Favorite track: empty grids.

starthief I am not that in love with a lot of "modular ambient" but the sound and mood here are very much my thing.. Favorite track: vestigial.

Fritz Marial Just a beautiful collection of pieces, and absolutely evocative of the PNW. Lovely.

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	1.	cascade symmetry 03:24
	2.	pale fire 07:48
	3.	cities sleep like seeds 04:18
	4.	the sea's sullen green 03:24
	5.	empty grids 04:41
	6.	crystals & graves 08:40
	7.	seafoam & dust 03:46
	8.	vestigial 07:36

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Cascade Symmetry is the culmination of an intense and transformative year-long period. It is an ode to new beginnings and the disintegration of the past.

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released November 6, 2017

Recorded and mixed September - October 2017 in San Jose, CA; additional recordings and field recordings taken September 2017 in South Korea

Mastered by Nathan Moody (noisejockey.net)

Gear used: Eurorack modular synthesizer (Mutable Instruments, Make Noise, Orthogonal Devices, Intellijel, TipTop, Ladik, Malekko Heavy Industry, Mannequins, Qu-Bit Electronix, Doepfer), Novation Peak, Korg Electribe 2, Elektron Analog Heat, Strymon El Capistan, Hosa Technology Cables

35mm Ektar 100 photo by Austin Cairns, Oregon coast, September 2012

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r beny California

a notion / an ocean

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natural fiction

Apr 2020
echo's verse

May 2019
eistla

Oct 2018
saudade

Feb 2018
cascade symmetry

Nov 2017
full blossom of the evening

Sep 2016
we grow in a gleam

Apr 2021
july

Mar 2021
Reasons to Live

Apr 2018
Seafoam & Dust

Apr 2020

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