"Magnetisk Nord is an experiment in composition beyond comfort zones. After a few years of nurturing a curiosity for Denmark (for its landscape, culture, and social dynamics, all of which seemed delightfully opposite to that of the U.S.A.), a new sonic project began to percolate: to fully embed within the place and consume its essence in absolute solitude, and see what musical ideas result.

Thus, an apartment was rented in central København and as much studio gear as could be carried was brought from Washington DC. A week was spent walking the city all day, and recording all night. Using a lapsteel guitar as a primary instrument (with much electronic modification) with various wind and reed instruments, tabletop noise-boxes, mobile synthesizer apps, a shortwave radio, and field recordings captured across the capital region, a very different composition took form.

"Different" from previous works by virtue of its patience. This is a deliberately slow work, without the narrative structure of previous releases. It's a melancholy loveletter to Denmark in November: an augmented fantasy portrait of a place that resonated deeply, appealing to a primitive escapism (the trip was timed to coincide with the first anniversary of a most regrettable presidential election back home). The result was more of a sonic ecosystem than musical composition: an atmospheric immersion beyond nations, flags, and human complications. Therefore, a thing worthy of sharing with anyone who has the patience to open the windows and let in a brisk autumnal wind."-Intangible Arts

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