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Assembled by hand, one copy at a time, in the White Pillar Workshop! Just for you, both of these clean white 5" recordable discs are etched via the laser-arm of a D20 duplication machine, kissed with ink and placed snugly inside two white cardboard jackets, each bearing a custom vintage 3.5mm floppy disk label (retrieved from the deep archives of forgotten office supplies in a Daytonian warehouse) on the front cover, informing you in a clear and concise way which broadcast you're listening to.
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WHITE ALICE is a new session header for this series, and debuts with a double-album set of the first two Vibra sessions undertaken with the Roland Juno 106 - an iconic and immensely versatile digital polysynth, with an analog filter.
Before discussing the session and its approach, I feel it is relevant to first explain that the Juno is here in the White Pillar Workshop only because a close friend insisted upon giving it to me unexpectedly after we met up for coffee this past Summer. The finer details of why my friend did this are not something I fully know, but part of my reckoning with this unbelievable act of kindness is in how I'm using it in the studio.
Here, on these WHITE ALICE sessions, you can hear what is a deliberately careful hand, shaping the Juno only where and when I felt it necessary, and allowing the machine to breathe and express itself wherever possible. The Vibratelepathic series is designed with these types of approaches in mind, so the Juno is already well-suited to this thinking. It is truly one of the most versatile and beautiful sounding machines I've ever had the pleasure to play, and certainly one that I never thought I'd own. During these sessions, I tend to focus on reactionary decisions rather than fundamental changes, allowing pieces to flow between sections naturally, as a river might meander through different elevation levels and terrain. In this way, the Juno absolutely guides itself. It sounds and feels so certain of its path that I get a very deep sensation of the music making itself.
On a technical level, what you hear on the WHITE ALICE recordings is nothing more than the Juno 106, sequenced via the Arturia Keystep Pro, routed in stereo into my R-EW Audioholistics modular system and navigated in realtime via the assembled ecosystem of modulation and signal processing.
Listening to these sessions now, months later, and considering everything about them, I am convinced of the Juno asserting itself in both physical and philosophical splendor in my studio. Everything about it is emotive and distinct, bringing a surreal, unspoken familiarity with it that recalls past lives, displaced from home, exploring the natural world, getting a glimpse of a mountain top from some distance away, and suddenly knowing where you are, assured in your path, returning to the small village in the ravine that calls your name.
WHITE ALICE, now and forever, in all variations, is for R.G.
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released November 5, 2021
W/P by Brian Grainger. Recorded at White Pillar Workshop, July 15 & 16, 2021 using the Roland Juno 106 polyphonic digital synthesizer, sequenced on an Arturia Keystep Pro, in conjunction with the R-EW Audioholistics generative system and modular processing path, mixed through the veins of Mackie ProFX8 and Peavey FX2 mixing desks. Mastered by The Analog Botanist. Text and design by ABM&D. This is Milieu Music number AVB33, 33rd in the Vibratelepathos catalog. milieu-music.comanalogbotany.com
supported by 29 fans who also own “White Alice I + II”
Wow! This is absolutely gorgeous! I haven't made it all the way through yet but so far, this is my favorite overnight broadcast to show up on Bandcamp. d york
Minimalist compositions that take their time unfolding, bands of sound melting glacier-like from one end of the song to the other. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 6, 2023
From the always-excellent label Past Inside the Present comes this stunning work of sustained tone and timbre. Gorgeous. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 1, 2022