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Shapelifter
Dave Halverson
Label: Lucid Moon Child Music
Released: 2019
Duration: 38:16
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Tracks
1. Sirens
2. Lurch's Harpsichord
3. That Sinking Feeling I
4. Gravity
5. Oleander Bisque
6. Put Your Trust in Fairy Dust
7. Metafizz
8. Mourning Doves
9. Subroutine
10. The Parade
11. India
12. Only a Dramatization
13. That Sinking Feeling II
14. Praise
Personnel
Dave Halverson
guitarAdditional Personnel / Information
Dave Halverson: guitar, bass, drums, synthesizer, voices
Richard Bugbee: piano solo on #2, additional synthesizer on #7 and #12
Joey Pescadero: trumpet on #10
Manus MacFearce: bagpipes on #11
Gamma: vocals on #4
Album Description
Shapelifter is a collection of songs inspired by many things - sounds collected from various places, random
events, and the technology of recording itself, to name a few. I chose the pieces on this album to feel
somewhat continuous, without constraining the range of sounds, textures, and instrumentation. Several of
the pieces were built on found sounds from afar: a trumpet in the distance, a bagpiper from Scotland, a
forgotten snippet on a cassette tape from 20 years ago... woven back in with the other pieces I recorded to
form a working atmosphere.
Shapelifter was recorded and developed over a period of several years in my studio, which sat in a small
jungle of bamboo. The island nature of this environment contrasting with the reality sitting just outside of
it was another factor in the production of this music. My goal in the studio was to remain completely open,
embracing experimentation and randomness that seemed to be reflected in the surrounding foliage,
eventually developing the pieces to create a continuity that hopefully feels just as effortless.
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