Snow Maps by Milieu

"Now the stillness relaxes, warmed to waking by a slow yellow sunbeam
Opening the day with a long imperceptible inhalation
Concealed beneath the withering leaves that cover the ground
Icy blankets laid across the land
No longer uniform, giving way to a million tiny islands
Overwhelming the snow into an evaporant retreat
Migrating from the Urth to the blue atmosphere
Repeating always this molecular oscillation
An outline of the process of life itself
Here before me on this empty Winter day
But even if I cannot see it, I know it continues
Under and over everything, the true nature of the world
Silent and ageless, the hills and rivers dreaming of the sky"

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'Snow Maps' follows 2023's 'Dusk Maps' in form and function, although musically offers an entirely different sound and texture. Using the same granular resampling processor that transfigured the Casio MT-210 into 'Dusk Maps' to instead process outtakes from the expansive 'Recurrent Irrigation' sessions with the Moog Subharmonicon, these seven tracks (laid out across two volumes) echo the still and white-coated Winter weather that has held me indoors for the last few weeks. They are presented here with as little pretense or context as possible - simple, pretty and ambient, nothing more or less. Music to curl up with while you dream of sunbeams thawing the sheets of ice and snow.

Tracklist

1.	188a1	9:25

2.	188a2	10:29

3.	188a3	16:42

4.	188a4	7:04

5.	188a5	25:48

Credits

released February 2, 2024

W/P by Brian Grainger. Recorded at White Pillar, January 2024. Mastered by The Analog Botanist. Poem and copy by Brian. Design by ABM&D using visual sampling of 'Crater in the Island of Stromboli' by Luigi Mayer. This is Milieu Music number MML188A. (C) + (P) Oscillog ASCAP 2024. All nights preserved.

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