While writing this piece, a friend of mine was working on a painting of girl (not shown in this thumbnail, sorry I tried to find it). This painting was initially done in a very dark black ink that was then covered in a warm orange paint. The effect was the image of the girl showing clearly through the paint in some places, while being pushed back and more subdued in others. I was taken with the idea that a subject can be forced to the bottom layer of a fine field of color and considered its implications sonically. The idea was to create a piece that maintains a warm (or perhaps dark) field of sonic color, with similar ‘images’ of the same ‘subject’ slowly coming to the foreground. Still, it was always my goal to create a piece where these two ideas are always congruent with each other, while still countering and shifting the focus and subject matter in a homogenous way.
Performed by Nicholas Fox, percussion; Natalie Magana, bass flute
“Scatter My Ashes” exists at a crossroads between multiple styles, but emerges with something rich, textural, ambient, and riveting. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 7, 2022