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My instruments on this recording were acoustic and electric guitars with distortion pedals going into Ableton Live, controlled via MIDI controllers.

The first three tracks were recorded live to a small stereo recorder. The last track was made by recording acoustic guitar into the internal microphone on my old MacBook, processed in Ableton Live and combined with a field recording. It was a very DIY workflow. A decade later, I am actually surprised the EP sounds as good as it does!

A fun fact: The track "Ostrich" is made by tuning all the strings on my acoustic guitar to the same note (ostrich tuning). When I recorded this, I had to shove an audio cable down my pants to stop the setup from making noise, as our apartment had a grounding issue.

Released February 1, 2012

Mastering: James Plotkin