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Maxwell August Croy - Kaniza

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ajohn Mcall i'm in an old house, the sun is rising, early afternoon. i can see the dust particles float within the ray of sun light that ends half way up the closet door. there a glitch, like when a vhs tape goes quickly or focus and back again. it's back. and again. i may not get up off the couch before evening

Lars Gotrich Like sketches out of a floating notebook, Croy flips through composed and improvised pieces based around the koto and piano. Favorite track: The Medicine Bow.

Aaron If Fennesz played a koto, it might sound like Beehive Cluster. Favorite track: Beehive Cluster.

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1.	Innocence Puzzle 01:57	buy track
2.	Maternal Afghan 07:56	buy track
3.	Glass Anemone 04:08	buy track
4.	松の下に死す 02:04	buy track
5.	A Curious Cypher 01:36	buy track
6.	Beehive Cluster 04:12	buy track
7.	The Medicine Bow 05:44	buy track
8.	Twilight at Brush Creek 00:56	buy track
9.	Will-o'-the-wisp (Reprise) 01:46	buy track

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Kaniza marks Maxwell August Croy's first solo release. Maxwell has been recording as one half of the group En (Students of Decay, Root Strata, Constellation Tatsu) since 2010 as well as co-running the Root Strata label with Jefre Cantu Ledesma. Students of Decay also released the acclaimed Maxwell August Croy and Sean McCann duo LP "I" in 2014. Along with McCann, Croy has also collaborated with Mary Lattimore, Tujiko Noriko and John Davis.

Using koto and piano as his primary instruments Maxwell crafts lush soundscapes on Kaniza. Fluttering between composed material and free koto/modular experiments, these songs fluidly roll into a dreamy expanse. This is the first of two releases by Maxwell on Psychic Troubles. The next release, titled Yagiza, will be culled from the same sessions primarily recorded in Wyoming at the Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts.

Limited Cassette with letter pressed covers, cut and folded by hand at The Brother in Elysium press.

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released January 25, 2016

Recorded 2012-2014 in Woodinville WA, San Francisco, CA and Saratoga, WY at Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts on koto, piano, tape and electronics. Mixed while traveling, 2014-2015.

Mastered by Sean McCann

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