Altered Acuity, by Mira Snelder

Altered Acuity

by Mira Snelder

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aimee Mira Snelder has impressed me quite a bit. I listened to this album and jumped on supporting the others without hesitation because the style is clearly my kind of thing.

I’m excited to hear more in the future and will continue to support until the end of time. 😉 Favorite track: Time's Intransigence.

onyxaastra This album is such a vibe! It goes places I didn't realize I wanted from an album, and never stops holding my attention! Favorite track: Time's Intransigence.

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1.	Bolivian Matcha 06:29	buy track
2.	The Witch Becomes A Witch Burner 06:53	buy track
3.	Cloistered Embodiment 07:49	buy track
4.	The Brûlée Brothers 05:41	buy track
5.	Photovore 01:45	buy track
6.	Time's Intransigence 05:47	buy track
7.	Every Raindrop Is A Gut Punch 04:47	buy track
8.	The Lascaux Lamassu 10:33	buy track
9.	Cloistered Recurrence 00:36	buy track
10.	Captain Freeman 03:32	buy track
11.	A Photovore Not Quite As Tall, Yet Not Quite As Meek 04:48	buy track

about

This peculiar collection of soothing sounds for jaded ears was originally conceived in February of 2020 as an attempt to apply the principles of progressive rock in various modern electronic music styles such as IDM, drum & bass and lo-fi hip-hop. I have been working to compose, arrange and produce the entirety of it ever since (with the exception of "Time's Intransigence", an early version of which was partly completed in 2018 as part of a create-a-song challenge). Now, two-and-a-half years later, it has mutated into a monstrosity which I don't even know how to describe stylistically anymore, but I like the way it sounds and that's all that matters, I think. I hope you're able to enjoy the fruits of my labour in whichever way you desire: you can either listen to it attentively with pen and paper in hand to chronicle every minute detail for posterity, or you can experience it as pleasant, inoffensive background music while reclining on a grassy knoll and absent-mindedly reflecting upon the beauty of life, provided perhaps that you alter your auditory acuity accordingly.

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released September 30, 2022

* Mira Snelder - electric guitar, classical guitar, analog synthesizer, piano, sequencer, various samples and found objects, FL Studio 20, Audacity, Videopad and Atchafalaya Arcade
* Dàzhū - erhu (8) and clarinet (10)
* David Kitapi - cover art: twitter.com/dkitapi

Special thanks to Tobio and Leah for helping me out during the mixing and mastering process. Track 6 contains a sample from "A Go Go" by Dara Puspita.

This album would not have been possible without the unknowing and presumably unwilling assistance of Morgan Ågren, Dario d’Alessandro, Braulio Almeida, Emma Anderson, Sean Archibald, Derek Bailey, Mont Campbell, Wendy Carlos, Stian Carstensen, Marc Charig, Ornette Coleman, Ben Coniguliaro, Adam Cooley, Lindsay Cooper, Elton Dean, Bob Drake, Tamara Duplantis, Johnny Dyani, Keith Emerson, Nick Evans, Patrizio Fariselli, Rachel Flowers, Elizabeth Fraser, Lino García, John Goodsall, Steve Gore, Alan Gowen, Joy Guidry, Rubén d'Hers, Keiichiro Hirai, Atsushi Hiroike, Tim Hodgkinson, Lars Hollmer, Martin Hoogeboom, Tsuneo Imahori, Paju Inakari, Percy Jones, Nkechi Ka Egenamba, Nancy Kells, Steve Kretzmer, Helmut Lachenmann, György Ligeti, Xandra Metcalfe, Louis de Mieulle, Kerry Minnear, Naomi Mitchell, Conlon Nancarrow, Marius Neset, Dave Newhouse, John O’Gallagher, Mats Öberg, Kevin Parker, Ian Parton, Clifford Price, Mike Ratledge, Tom Rogerson, Akira Sakata, Mike Sary, Pierre Schaeffer, Shirley Scott, Tim Smith, Veleroy Spall, Dave Stewart, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Maya Stoner, James Strain, Demetrio Stratos, Risa Takeda, Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer, Keith Tippett, Hiromi Uehara, René Uijlenhoet, Alex Ward, Nicholas Wastor, Iannis Xenakis, Francesco Zago, my friends and family, estradiol and two very small turtles somewhere in Texas who should never be afraid to dream.

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Out-of-the-box electronic aural contemplations with a wide variety of influences from rock, jazz, electronic and classical music, created by a sentient transgender houseplant from the Netherlands.

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