06 - the forest is for the trees (feat. october williamson) - II. chorale by IiIypad published on 2024-04-05T02:37:09Z artwork: @sparklecats2009 & @ezip music: @damifortune piano arrangement & performance on "four seasonal offerings" (tracks 1-4): @rewitkin guitar performance on "the forest is for the trees" (tracks 5-8): @october_stereo flute performance on "plate tectonics" (tracks 9-11): @ZBWMusic saxophone performance on "yukimarimo" (tracks 12-13): @dorkus-64 violin performance on "it rained after the fire" (track 14): @retropetet drumset performance on "blue whirl" (track 15): @cryptovolans Written with a ROLI Seaboard, soundchips from some very old machines, a piano, a field recorder, and some excellent instrumental recordings from friends. Elemental Fusion is an album of collaborations with instrumentalists. In most cases, I asked friends to record a few minutes of improv or pseudo-improv to use as a springboard for writing a piece of music. The tracks would then be built around whatever they sent me, often chopped up and manipulated. The result is serendipitous; these works were pushed in unique, unexpected directions by my collaborators' performances. The compositional challenge was thrilling. This album also interprets the word "fusion" in other senses - it is a spiritual successor to the similarly-named pair of diametrically opposed EPs I released in 2022, Elemental Harmony & Elemental Chaos, combining their respective styles of "melodic chiptune" and "ambient glitch" into one work that lives on a spectrum between them. It is a blend of acoustic warmth and digital processing. It is also a synthesis of many different styles, sounds and techniques that I've come to enjoy employing in my writing. Elemental Fusion is perhaps my most challenging and varied work to date, and I think about it as a recital of sorts for the classical concert stage, a statement of purpose. To that end, detailed program notes are included with the album! --HVB