Managed Retreat, by Black Tent

Managed Retreat

by Black Tent

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Lathe cut, mono 10" by Zack Hansen at Precarian Cuts, on clear or white, with a two-color risograph print as the cover, with art by Acid Lich and printed at Paper Press Punch. Includes a bonus download code for you our your friends.

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The beautiful cover art by Acid Lich, printed by Paper Press Punch on 67 lb, 11x17" Bristol paper. Limited to 50 copies.

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1.	The Nomad Sky 03:59	buy track
2.	Fejervarya 03:20	buy track
3.	a furtive world of bats 04:14	buy track
4.	a furtive world of bats, part 2 05:13	buy track
5.	Nashira 06:31	buy track

about

This mini-album was composed and recorded shortly after I moved to Seattle from California. Most of my gear was still packed away and I didn't have the cognitive wherewithal to set it back up. With that in mind, I used that time to build comfort with VCV Rack.

Conceptually, these tracks, along with the artwork, are designed to fit within the larger world that I explored in 2020's "Dungeness Synth" and my subsequent "Crustacea" minizine. "The Nomad Sky" and "Nashira" thematically explore the constellation and zodiac sign Capricorn interpreted by 19th century German astronomers Ch. Ludwig Ideler and G.W.S. Beigel. "a furtive world of bats" and "a furtive world of bats, part 2" were both informed a poem by Gail Mazur, and were originally composed as a prompt from Mark Wiedenbaum's Disquiet Junto prompt 476 ("IAH Forecast"). "Fejervarya" is a direct continuation of some of the narrative I explored on "Dungeness Synth" about existential threats to expand to the world of natural predators.

The digital download includes bonus tacks for the mono master used for the lathe-cut version of this record and an early mix of "a furtive world of bats."

credits

released May 1, 2022

Composed and recorded December 2020-May 2021 and mixed May 2021-January 2022 in Seattle, WA by M. Matienzo.

“a furtive world bats” and “a furtive world of bats, part 2” uses “Wind Chimes.wav” by casemundy on freesound.org. “Nashira” was composed for Ben Armintor.

Mastered by James Plotkin at Plotkinworks. Lathe cut by Zack Hansen at Precarian Cuts. Cover illustrations by Acid Lich. Risograph print by Paper Press Punch. Thanks to C. Vadi and Paul Courtright for the Midwestern hospitality.

This is Imprecision #6. impr006. Spring 2022.

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Black Tent Seattle, Washington

Black Tent is M. Matienzo, performing ambient, drone, and noise, somewhat irregularly, since 2002.

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