Ocean State, by Tara Rodgers

Ocean State

by Tara Rodgers

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1.	After April 06:38
2.	South Station 02:09
3.	Block Island 04:41
4.	Ocean State 05:10	buy track
5.	The Porch Swing, Late 02:22
6.	Clover Dreaming 01:45
7.	Blue Dory 02:42
8.	Midnight Call 09:49
9.	Holding Your Breath 04:25
10.	Woonsocket Pocket 04:18
11.	Corner Variety 02:23
12.	Go On, Return 02:05

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ocean state: lullabies + reveries from mixed sources. drums + percussion performed by curt newton + recorded by amos scattergood in medford, mass., april 2005. piano on tracks 1, 2, 3, 11 + 12 recorded by paul scriver in the mills college concert hall, oakland, calif., feb 2006. all other piano, inside piano, moog IIIp + arp 2600 recorded by tara at the center for contemporary music, mills college, 2004 + 2006. field recordings are from auburn, mass., chicago, oakland + block island. electric guitar, little boy blue synth + supercollider instruments recorded in montreal, 2007. edited + mixed at home in oakland, providence, montreal + on the go. painting of basin bay by mima (ellen hoogkamp). warm thanks to curt, amos, paul, mom + dad, jody blackwell, jessica rylan, nancy tobin, maggi payne, chris brown, fred frith. with gratitude also for the music of dave mckenna, shirley horn, bill evans, pauline oliveros, eliane radigue.

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released August 20, 2007

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A multi-instrumentalist composer, producer, and historian of sound, Tara started her career as a self-taught jazz pianist and has since made a wide range of techno and ambient music, and generative sound compositions in SuperCollider. From NPR Music: "Assertive work, bold in the precision and subtlety it takes to mix such signals with thrill and grace and restraint.” ... more

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