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Bathetic Resonance

Layered and manipulated sound created in the studio and captured through live improvisation to create these rich, resonant compositions from Grant Stewart, a member of Machine Language, Daedal, A Perfect Mirror, The Eschaton Manifest, and The Inference Engine.

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Personnel:

Grant Stewart-composer, performer

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Label: Mystery School Records
Catalog ID: MSR028
Squidco Product Code: 23222

Format: CDR
Condition: New
Released: 2016
Country: USA
Packaging: Digipack
Recorded in Wilmington, North Carolina by the artist.

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"Bathetic Resonance is the first full-length Stewart has released under the subterrene moniker. Ranging from the soaring, yet unstable pads of "Loveless" to the murky, driving "Low Light", through the weightless flight of "Tangential" to the slowly unfolding "Impetus", Bathetic Resonance represents two years of constant production and editing on Stewart's part."-Mystery School Records

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"Grant Stewart is the creative mind behind the name subterrene. He weaves found and synthesized sounds together to realize audible textures, and to delineate soundscapes. Stewart has been creating music since 1997, and has been a member of a number of experimental groups, including Machine Language, Daedal, A Perfect Mirror, The Eschaton Manifest, and most recently The Inference Engine.

Stewart has been deeply influenced by ambient music and noise, in particular the works of artists such as Tim Hecker and Lawrence English. He also draws much of his inspiration from incidental environmental sounds, both natural and human-made."

1/22/2026

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Track Listing:

1. Loveless 5:32

2. Tangential 5:36

3. Heliopause 6:24

4. Low Light 7:51

5. Bathetic Resonance 6:05

6. Transient 2:14

7. Impetus 7:49

8. Vastation 4:21

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