Meander, by Salman Bakht

Meander

by Salman Bakht

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The album includes two bonus tracks containing elements of track 6, which can be played simultaneously from different sets of speakers, listened to seperately, or mixed with other soundscapes.

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1.	beneath brambles 00:15	lyrics
to leave the straight lines of personality and deviate into those footpaths that lead . . .
2.	Averill, Averil 03:09	info
3.	Entered upon the sweet woods 03:38	info
4.	Hope, detour. Too late 06:56	info
5.	Retreat (of mind) 03:00	info
6.	Six stone throne drifts on intuition 14:00	info
7.	Retreat (of body) 03:00	lyrics
. . . and soon it becomes apparent that this person is ourselves. For if we could stand there where we stood six months ago, should we not be again as we were then—calm, aloof, content? Let us try then. But the river is rougher and greyer than we remembered . . . The sights we see and the sounds we hear now have none of the quality of the past; nor have we any share in the serenity of the person who, six months ago, stood precisely were we stand now. His is the happiness of death; ours the insecurity of life. He has no future; the future is even now invading our peace.

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Meander; or, Beyond Paths End

Improvised field recordings of baritone ukulele, mandolin, mountain dulcimer, Toronto Islands, and Leiden cafe. October 2015–August 2018.

to leave
the straight lines
of personality

and deviate
into those footpaths
that lead
beneath brambles

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released September 4, 2018

Recorded in Rochester, New York (1, 2, 4–7); Decatur, Georgia (3); Leiden (5); and Toronto (6). All tracks composed, performed, and/or recorded by Salman Bakht. Tracks 1 and 7 contain excerpts of "Street Haunting: A London Adventure" written by Virginia Woolf in 1927 and read by Vivian Schaeffer in 1960.

Tools: Ohana BK-20 baritone ukulele, DADE* tuning (1, 2, 4–7); Sweet Woods mountain dulcimer (3); Big Muddy M-2 mandolin (3).
Blue Yeti microphone (1, 2, 4–7); Zoom H2 portable recorder (3, 6); iPhone SE (2, 5).

* Because the low string broke, –ADE tuning on track 6.

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Salman Bakht Atlanta, Georgia

Improvisation, soundscape composition, experimental computer music. Cryptic and Machiavellian.

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