Desert Meditations

by Swartz et

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Nathaniel Edmiston a deeply comtemplative album, and especially warm and beautiful on tape. could loop it for hours and never tire of the soundscapes - really gorgeous! Favorite track: The Abundance of A Heart.

verzerren This is some seriously good chill stuff. Favorite track: The Abundance of A Heart.

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1.	Department of The Interior 09:52	buy track
2.	An Archive of Longings 04:40	buy track
3.	Grief Blossoms 07:00	buy track
4.	The Abundance of A Heart 07:32	buy track
5.	I Can't Find You 07:47	buy track
6.	Where Do You Go? 05:44	buy track
7.	Old Soul 07:04	buy track
8.	Here, But Not Here 06:09	buy track
9.	Space To Be 07:00	buy track
10.	Love Resides 08:26	buy track

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Desert Meditations is a fuzzy, heat-warped ambient/drone album improvised on a synth in the middle of a desert. The album musically explores the vast inner topographies that shape the landscape of our humanity – loss, grief, desire, joy, mental health, personal space, etc.

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released April 8, 2022

All compositions by Steve Swartz
Recorded in various places throughout southeastern Utah
Additional parts recorded in Detroit, MI
Mixed and Mastered by Steve Swartz
Art and images by Steve Swartz

© 2022 UTTER EAST / ASCAP
PRODUCT OF DETROIT, MI
Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus

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Swartz et Detroit, Michigan

Ambient sound, noise, recording experiments, etc. from deep within Detroit.

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