Small Worlds: Six-String Mixtape Volume 6
Andre LaFosse
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Intersection One 25:360:00/25:36
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Curved Errors 3:200:00/3:20
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Intersection Two 25:340:00/25:34
Andre LaFosse - Small Worlds: Six-String Mixtape Volume 6
Percolating retro-minimalism in the vein of Terry Riley and Steve Reich was not necessarily my goal when I began working with the Hologram Microcosm in June of 2022. (If anything, the Microcosm has a reputation for specializing in more ambient, textural, cinematic, soundscape-y territories.) But as I’ve spent time learning and practicing with it, I’ve found myself seduced by the more angular, hyper-rhythmic possibilities it contains, which this release focuses on (to what is, perhaps, an absurdly tightly-focused degree).
As with all “Six-String Mixtape” releases, these are all live, in-studio, guitar + electronics solo performances.
Most of the individual tracks are excerpts of longer takes. Sometimes the beginning and/or end has been edited for creative reasons, and other times it’s simply because I didn’t start recording until the performance was already underway.
“Intersection One,” as it appears here, has a few excessively meandering measures chopped out, but that’s the only mid-track tweak on the album. (The full, unedited performance of “Intersection One” can be seen and heard at youtu.be/czENIgW9l_k.)
Aside from the Microcosm (and a bit of reverb in the amp simulator I ran my guitar through), there are no other effects or looping devices being used in these performances. There's standard-issue EQ/compression/saturation added in the mixing and mastering, to sweeten the overall picture, and the stereo image has been enhanced after the fact. But the fundamental sound is what went down live.
As always, thank you for tuning in.
These performances took place in July and August of 2022.
Cover art by Rebecca Lee.
Special thanks to Rebecca Lee, Maria Amelia Martins LaFosse, and Todd Reynolds.
DSP MVP's: iZotope, IK Multimedia, Voxengo, Korneff Audio, Unfiltered Audio, Toneboosters, and Three-Body Technology.
Deep thanks to the following Patreon supporters for helping to make this release possible:
(in alphabetical order)
Randolf Arriola
Richard Atkinson
Steve Ball and Tiny Orchestral Moments
Dan Burke
Steven Clements
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Hal Dean
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Bob Holub
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Ted Killian
Zak Kramer
Todd Lainhart
Jeff Larson
Rebecca Lee
Ken Luke
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Jesse Nason
Nostradamas Band
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Matt Pogue
Matt Rowe
Gene Schwartz
Keith Spicknell
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Chris Stromquist
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Bernhard Wagner
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