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Gifts from the Ebb Tide

Nov 17th, 2017

The third album of Deliberate Ambient Music from Ryan Norris. Includes contributions from Rollum Haas, Rodrigo Avendaño, Matthew Glassmeyer and more.

  • A1 Invention 1: Dreams of Strange Continents
  • A2 Invention 2: Pattern Recognition
  • A3 Invention 3: Gifts from the Ebb Tide
  • B1 Invention 4: Silenzio (or Sadak In Search of the Waters of Oblivion)
All selections written by Ryan Norris
Sounding Brass Music (ASCAP) administered by Pacific Electric Music Publishing/Gilda Music 2017
Recorded, produced and edited by Ryan Norris at Sweetblood Sound
except Invention 2: Pattern Recognition recorded, produced and edited by Roger Moutenot at Haptown and Ryan Norris at Sweetblood Sound
Mixed by Jeremy Ferguson at Battle Tapes
Mastered by John Baldwin
Design and layout by Michael Eades, Waves courtesy of Peter Skwiot Smith, Zebrafish Embryo courtesy of Mia Krout
Recorded in Nashville, TN A

Invention 1: Dreams of Strange Continents
Ryan Norris – atavism, Korg MS-20, Mellotron, Moog Opus 3, solar wind, treatments, vocal synthesis
Vocal samples courtesy of Cortney Tidwell

Invention 2: Pattern Recognition
Rodrigo Avendaño – treatments
Matt Glassmeyer – clarinet, contra-alto clarinet
Rollum Haas – Univox synthesizer
Roger Moutenot – EVP, mbira, vocal samples
Ryan Norris – drum & bass programming, existential dread, gated keys, Korg MS-20, Mellotron, treatments, West African guitar

Invention 3: Gifts from the Ebb Tide
Rodrigo Avendaño – treatments
Matt Glassmeyer – baritone saxophone, voice
Rollum Haas – sea spray, white noise snare
Ryan Norris – Mellotron, Moog Opus 3, triggered bass

Invention 4: Silenzio (or Sadak In Search of the Waters of Oblivion)
Rodrigo Avendaño – snare, treatments
Matt Glassmeyer – effects, pandeiro, tenor saxophone
Rollum Haas – Univox synthesizer, synthesizer bass
Ryan Norris – bass sequence, drum programming, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Korg drawbar organ, Korg MS-20, Mellotron, Moog Opus 3, technophobia, white noise snare

Special Thanks
Russell Cothran, Michael Eades, Joshua Gillis, Zack Hall, Toby Leonard, Ben Marcantel, Lee Noble, George and Joanie Norris, Ben Swank, James Toth, Garry Velletri, John Warren

For Mia, the source of all my best ideas

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