You Can't Hide Sadness From Stone

by Brian Grainger

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YOU CAN'T HIDE SADNESS FROM STONE was a deep session undertaken in the Summer of 2018 using a Korg MS-20 and an Arturia Microbrute (both monophonic analog synthesizers) in conjunction with several small Moog FX units that were also sending/receiving control voltage modulation. The idea was approached after a friend planted the idea for an ambient music live event somewhere in the rural midwest, and the session was a sporadic proof of concept for what such a live performance from me might take the form of. The recording ended up running a full two hours, a precursor to some of the Workingman's Drone sessions that would follow by the end of that year, and the focal point of the session was tuning the oscillator voices alongside three resonant low-pass filters and routing slow modulation envelopes to all of them to allow for a continually shifting sea of voices. Additionally, the pitch of each voice was designated in the lower octaves, making the mass of the piece only fully perceived through larger speaker systems with a greater constitution for low frequency output. Since that time, the piece has lain dormant on a hard drive, as the decision was made to wait on issuing it until after the Workingman's Drone series was no longer active, lest it become overlooked and underappreciated in the process. It arrives here and now, at the end of a long, long Summer - perhaps the longest Summer in many years, for a lot of us. The irony of this piece being drafted with live performance in mind is also bittersweet, and it is my sincere hope that we can all be together again soon to explore experiences like this one in the same space. Until then, be safe and be well.

NOTE: Designed for either very quiet or very loud playback - headphones or subwoofers are recommended. Due to the length of the original piece far surpassing the runtime limits of compact discs, a special composite mix has been created for the CD-R edition, which is slightly louder than the full version and can be utilized in more discrete listening environments because of this.

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released September 4, 2020

W/P by Brian Grainger. Recorded live at the White Pillar Workshop, July 2018, using a Korg MS-20, Arturia Microbrute and three Moogerfooger units, in addition to several outboard FX devices and a Peavey FX2 mixing desk. Mastered by The Analog Botanist. Special thanks to A.F. for providing the impetus to capture this session. Text and design by ABM&D. This is Milieu Music number MML152. milieu-music.com analogbotany.com

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Brian Grainger Dayton, Ohio

Drone music, warm atmosphere and textural ephemera for the working man.

I also release music as Milieu milieumusic.bandcamp.com and Coppice Halifax coppicehalifax.bandcamp.com

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