Xenography by Chris Stack

May 2015 - This album is long overdue. I should have recorded it or something like it many years ago but work, playing live music, and the rest of life got in the way. The urge to create prevails though and I’m already thinking about the next one. For those curious among you, here are a few notes on the making of these tracks. Created with Logic Pro X. All pianos are software or Yamaha MO8. Rhythms in tracks 1, 3 and 5 were created with Ableton Live.

Additional instruments include:

Swamp and Circumstance - Moog Guitar, Nylon String Guitar

The Last Wolf on Hokkaido - Shakuhachi, Moog Guitar, my (processed) voice

Hokkaido :: Last Wolf Remix - Shakuhachi

Xenography - Moog Guitar

Lamentation 1 & 2 - made entirely from my (processed) voice (TC-Helicon Voiceworks, Eventide H9 and Logic effects)

Açaí Moon - Alina Quu’s voice, processed by TC-Helicon Voiceworks and Logic effects

Toward Aphelion - Nylon String Guitar, my processed voice

Reaching Aleppo - Sally Sparks - Dave Smith Instruments Pro 2, Haken Continuum, Piano (Pianoteq)Chris Stack - Dave Smith Instruments Pro 2, Moog Voyager & Animoog

Twilight Greeting - Sally Sparks - Haken Continuum, Korg WaveDrum, Piano :: Greg Waltzer - Synthesizer, Flute :: Chris Stack - Moog Guitar, Ableton processing and soft synths

Tracklist

1.	Swamp and Circumstance	8:06

2.	The Last Wolf on Hokkaido	6:41

3.	Xenography	7:42

4.	Lamentation #1	2:48

5.	Acai Moon [feat. Alina Quu]	5:44

6.	Hokkaido :: Last Wolf Mix	5:45

7.	Irgendwo	3:30

8.	Toward Aphelion	7:06

9.	Lamentation #2	2:41

10.	Reaching Aleppo	18:34

11.	Twilight Greeting	9:26

12.	Dancing Toward Aphelion	7:50

13.	XENOGRAPHY::deconstructed \ Cloud-Hidden Mix	15:00

Credits

released May 7, 2015

All tracks by Chris Stack, except Reaching Aleppo (Sparks/Stack) and Twilight Greeting (Sparks/Waltzer/Stack), produced by Sally Sparks

Cover painting by Nora Ardila

Photography by Hong Waltzer

More information at chrisstack.com and experimentalsynth.com

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