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empty vessels

by Shiroishi/Tiesenga

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Full Spectrum Records returns with the debut collaboration from LA-based multi-instrumentalists Patrick Shiroishi and Marta Tiesenga – ’Empty Vessels.’

Effectively a suite of improvised duets for soprano saxophone that recalls both the leviathan cistern meditations of Pauline Oliveros’ Deep Listening Band and Catherine Christer Hennix’s extended raga drones, these pieces were recorded during the early days of the pandemic in an underground tunnel located beneath a shuttered hot pot restaurant.

‘Empty Vessels’ stands apart as a remarkable document of almost architectural sound, in a sense, with the natural reverb of the tunnel asserting itself as a third player in the ensemble. Indeed, the natural acoustics of the space evoke a palpable sense of isolation and uneasiness. Fragments of melody, wails, and strained breaths dissolve into extended silences, erasing themselves in real time before being built back up into towering columns of resonance.

It’s odd to think that this music was effectively enabled by the pandemic. Without California’s extended lockdown, there likely would have been people coming in and out of the area, not to mention street noise seeping into the recording. While the reverberations of Patrick and Marta’s performance have long since dissipated and the tunnel has returned to silence, what remains is music that longs to be underground – ever seeking, digging deeper still into the shadows.

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released August 12, 2022

all music by Patrick Shiroishi and Marta Tiesenga

recorded live underneath the Jazz Cat in Monterey Park, CA on the 30th of September, 2020

mixed and mastered by Weston Olencki
vinyl pre-master by Andrew Weathers

Artwork by Marta Tiesenga
Layout by Gretchen Korsmo
Liner notes by Lance Garza

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