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Innocent Passage in the Territorial Sea

by Olivia Block

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Zen Sounds One of her strongest works ever. This album has deep ambient drone instrumentals, but also some almost krautrock-y moments which I seriously love. 5/5. Favorite track: Great Northern, 34428.
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Dano Williams Super satisfying sound
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pinkflamingott totally changed my point of view - it helped me in coping with all that pandemia bullsh*t going on. it's all a blurry haze and a "surrealistic science fiction story" to me now Favorite track: Great Northern, 34428.
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chuck p Stunning mood and atmosphere. Favorite track: Axiolite.
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𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒊𝒂 wow! Axiolite is taking me places! Appreciating the sound design that this album embodies and the low tonal pallette. beautiful work and story 🍄 Favorite track: Axiolite.
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Richard Grant This album sneaks into the end of the year and summarises our recent history with its pummeling repetition and slowly building anxiety amidst solace and quietude, combined with the pining for hope and tranquility amidst the maddening chaos from the outside world... phew!
Favorite track: Great Northern, 34428.
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From Olivia
During the lockdown, unable to do anything in the world, I turned inward, adopting a regular practice of listening with intention while on psychedelic mushrooms. The mushrooms helped me to listen somatically, pulling my ears towards low tonal patterns and the warped sounds of a broken Mellotron I had recorded earlier.

I started playing in my studio, creating bass-driven pieces on my vintage Korg synth organ, using a very limited tonal palette.

The pandemic seemed like a strange dream or a surrealistic science fiction story. As a thought-exercise, I imagined this moment as a film; a mental lens through which I could conceive of this pandemic and all of the complex factors which converged to make it happen.

I approached this music as the soundtrack to this speculative science fiction film, an attempt to translate my emotions.

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released November 19, 2021

Composed and performed by Olivia Block in 2021 on Korg CX3 organ, Organelle, tapes, field recordings and Mellotron.
Mellotron was recorded at Electrical Audio, Chicago, engineered by Greg Norman.
Mastering and some mixing by Tomas Korber.
Great Northern, 34428 co-produced by Tomas Korber.
Photographs of 35mm slides by Olivia Block.

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Olivia Block is an experimental music/sound composer and media artist based in Chicago.

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