HTCH-227 by Zebra Secrets

These recordings were made in between relentless snacking, during hours when night forgets names, in a basement painstakingly transplanted from the site of the San Francisco Art Institute to a secret location in the hills. Bronze Age soil samples were provided by sneaky dogs. Instruments were tuned loosely to the frequency of doubt and recorded backwards through a mirror. Forty minutes of sound, now nested into magnetic tape like lost flowers pressed in a street sweeper’s diary.

Play this once. Play it when you're not quite sure what time it is. Or what year. Or why, outside, the animals are making noises you’ve never heard.

Zebra Secrets formed in February 2021 and immediately began recording in room 115 of the San Francisco Art Institute, a beloved building that was nearly emptied because of the pandemic.

John Seden, John Alderman and Brent Johnson bring years of experience, as well as varied approaches and instruments, to improvise pieces that weave particular moods, and then unravel and instantly reshape.