Formats
PoL01.2021 - CD
700261483986
Details
With The Empty Bridge, Marc Barreca again exploits his distinct talent for translating landscapes into sound. The music was created in and reflects the influence of contrasting environments—the beauty and stillness of the Cascade Mountains and the muted industrial nightscape of the Duwamish Waterway, complete with its massive, nowcondemned, empty freeway bridge. The pieces are sculpted from layers of synthesized and sampled instruments, field recordings and processed vinyl. With these sources, Barreca achieves a level of compositional sophistication that deftly combines elements of ambient, drone, noise, and sound art with contrapuntal lines running above and below the dense and shifting aural environments. Composed during a period of tranquil isolation—isolation created by a global pandemic, a broken concrete link to the city, and a remote mountain cabin—The Empty Bridge evokes immersive, evolving, contrasting landscapes.
Tracks
1. City Of Red Sand
2. Saturation 3. Water Bell
4. Appearance Of Doubt
5. Voice Coil 6. Berkeley Park
7. Vanishing Point
8. Gargoyles
9. Vactrol 10. Aperture
11. Vibration Curve
Digital-Only Bonus Tracks
12. Juxtaposed
13. Misdirection
14. Adversity 15. Intersects
16. Composite Image