Music is sound. It is repetition and abstraction of itself. It is subconscious, it is a lucid dream. It is new, it is rebuilt, and torn apart, and rebuilt again. Music is meditative. It is unspoken and in that fashion says many things. Music is unheard of, and a carbon copy. It is a reminder, a provoker, it is confusing and comfortable. Music is satisfying. It is accomplishing. Music is a challenge. I saw music as a game. I have seen it as a fight, a dance, a feeling, sometimes comforting. Music is hard to perform. It is uncomfortable to the touch, it is against me. Music is not my tendency and I am rebuilding that.
credits
released June 28, 2018
Unread Carbon Copy was composed by Emanuel Butera in his Nashville studio apartment during the months of March and April 2018. This is the first version and will be followed by different versions featuring varying performances and sound design.
Produced by Emanuel Butera and Adam Lochemes in Nashville, TN.
Mixed and Mastered by Adam Lochemes.
Album artwork photos by Emanuel Butera.
Album artwork layout by Oliver Burell.
Nearly all notes triggered from one midi performance per track that was then torn apart and remapped to various sounds.
Sound sources: Yamaha DX7, Korg Minilogue, Pittsburgh Modular Foundations 3.1+.
Sound design by Emanuel Butera and Adam Lochemes.
Special Thanks to Adam, Oliver, Evan, Tom, John, Michael, Sam, Colin, Katie, Mike.
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