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Our Lady of Infinite Sorrows

by R. A. Martini

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Thwaites' icy tongue 08:32
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b-22 09:36
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Blue (in) white 14:09
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(were / are you, there) 09:13
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Why not make it last forever?? it might 10:20
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Our Lady of Infinite Sorrows lies at the bottom of the world, it’s icy landscape encapsulated in this album through processed strings, digital synthesis, and field recordings. Atmospheric and earthy timbres and textures evoke the polar desert’s immense scale, remoteness, and detachment.

Polar regions are particularly sensitive to the effects of climate change and in turn magnify existing threats. Current warming trends, international disputes over resources, and proposed polar oil and gas exploration suggest increasingly imminent destruction of the regions.

The central track, Blue (in) white, features harmonic content and a melody borrowed from Bill Evans’ tune Blue in Green (recorded by and often credited to Miles Davis), featured on the monumental album Kind of Blue. Although Davis saw the album as a “return to melody,” the material used in this context is a rocky, distorted landscape of "doom"ed ice… until a lone violin tries to sing the fragmented melody.

The tracks also feature field recordings from Martini's pocket TASCAM taken on various travels to cities and wilderness.

Notable influences on the album's sound include: Stephen O’ Malley, Randall Dunn, Oren Ambarchi, Tim Hecker, John Luther Adams, The Body, and William Basinski.

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released January 16, 2021

The album was recorded and edited by R. A. Martini in Washington, DC. Percussion on track 2 by Nick Kivi, recorded in Cincinnati, OH.

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From disfigured, brutal noise to singing violin and ethereal electronics, R. A. Martini uses a wide breadth of textures to create sonic environments invoking aging industrial mechanics, global environmental cycles, and deep wilderness areas. Martini pulls from a wide range of influences including Miles Davis, John Luther Adams, Tim Hecker, The Body, Olivier Messiaen, and Stephen O'Malley. ... more

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