Ringing In An Open Sky, by Channelers

Ringing In An Open Sky

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1.	On The Edge Of Legibility 05:37	buy track
2.	Been Here A While 05:56	buy track
3.	Miles Of Millennia 06:09	buy track
4.	What Need Not Be Kept 05:16	buy track
5.	The Desert's Shore 06:23	buy track
6.	Stone Watching Shadow 06:13	buy track
7.	Think It's Gonna Rain 10:10	buy track

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"In the summer of 2023 I played a couple of shows for the first time after a long while of not playing out. To prepare for those I developed a new set for dulcimer and EWI (electronic wind instrument) that was strictly improvised. I didn’t want to be beholden to anything pre-composed, because in the past when I’ve done that the pieces I have at my disposal sometimes don’t gel with the mood of the space I’m playing, and I’m at a total loss because that’s all I have to work with. So, I decided improv was the way. And thankfully the second of those shows, the one at The Crown in Oakland, CA, was recorded. Selections from that set are featured throughout this album (What Need Not Be Kept, Stone Watching Shadow, and Think It's Gonna Rain). I was feeling pretty heavy at the time, as supreme court decisions had been rolling out in the weeks prior and led to further reflection on the decisions from the year before and the state of the system in general. I was really just stewing in it. I think there’s a weightiness that permeates the tracks recorded at The Crown. The others are perhaps lighter. They were recorded at home, layering a few one-take performances while sitting next to my pup Raindrop. Hopefully that makes for a nice balance and some emotional range.

This is the second Channelers album (after 2017’s Faces Of Love) to be comprised solely of improvised work and the first to contain recordings made in front of an audience. This is perhaps the only Channelers release that is reflective of what my contemporaneous live sets are like, so it holds a unique position there. I’m not sure how much longer I’ll be doing sets like this, so I think it’s a good snapshot of this time." -Sean

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released October 1, 2024

Music and artwork by Sean Conrad.

Recorded at home in Oakland, CA and Seattle, WA 2023-24 and live at The Crown in Oakland, CA on July 1, 2023. Performances from The Crown (What Need Not Be Kept, Stone Watching Shadow, and Think It's Gonna Rain) recorded by Benjamin Rodgers.

Mastered by Sean at The Gentle Ways.

Live performance photograph (inner j-card) taken by Rosa Beach Mason.

Special thanks to Josh Wismans, Ben, The Crown, Rosa, and Raindrop.

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