Desert Gestalt

by Luscho

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1.	A Nice House, An Ice House 01:47		buy track
2.	Third Iteration of an Orchard 02:25		buy track
3.	Wash 02:37		buy track
4.	Any Immediate Thoughts 03:26	info	buy track
5.	Toward the Vestigial Shoreline 02:10		buy track
6.	A Great Groaning Smallness 04:00		buy track

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In 2012, I was given an Undergraduate Research Fellowship by the University of Utah's Rio Mesa Center to undertake a sound-art project at their field station. This is the resulting landform. All sounds were recorded during my stay at the Rio Mesa Center.

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released September 16, 2013

Funded partially by a grant from the University of Utah. Recorded by Luke Williams in Grand County, UT. Mixed and Mastered by Luke Williams in Salt Lake City. Thanks to Sylvia, Hau, Joey, and Liz.

Moon maps hand-drawn by Walter Goodacre in 1910. Dolores River topo map by USGS.

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Luscho Buffalo, New York

Hi, I'm Luke Williams! I make music about things that are important to me, like: trains, materials, feelings.

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