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01. Zeena Parkins - Concave-convexed 1
02. Zeena Parkins - Concave-convexed 2
03. Zeena Parkins - Concave-convexed 3
04. Zeena Parkins - Concave-convexed 4
05. Zeena Parkins - Concave-convexed 5
06. Zeena Parkins - Kura Skymning 1
07. Zeena Parkins - Kura Skymning 2
08. Zeena Parkins - Kura Skymning 3
09. Zeena Parkins - Kura Skymning 4
10. Zeena Parkins - Clinging hard to the earth with my toes1
ARTIST
TITLE
To Dusk (Black Cross Solo Sessions 8)
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
CVSD 090CD CVSD 090CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
12/9/2022

Every day over the course of a year starting in June, 2020, in something she refers to as a "domestic ritual," Zeena Parkins recorded solo electric harp performances in her home studio. The brilliant improvisor and composer had, like most of her peers, been sidelined by the pandemic; unable to tour, she spent the end of each day at the harp, playing until sunlight waned, inventing and discovering new soundscapes, keeping her musical self together while the world seemed poised to crumble. Parkins's audience consisted of her boyfriend, filmmaker Jeff Preis (who filmed and recorded all the music) and their dog. Invited to participate in the Black Cross Solo Sessions, she returned to this deep well of recordings and selected ten tracks, augmenting the harp with pedals and resonant and resonating objects including bells and other percussion. To Dusk is a uniquely vibrating set of auditory investigations, a buzzing, ringing, hammering, plunging suite of instant compositions snatched from the maw of a malicious moment in the world's collective history. Liner notes by Zeena Parkins. Cover artwork and design by Christopher Wool.