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A City is a Sound (+ Digital Booklet)

by Nas Hedron

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Saul Bottcher Super-eclectic synth/acoustic album, with moods and tones that are as cosmopolitan as a big city. Favorite track: Outskirts.
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1.
The Sound of a New Town 03:06
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2.
Hot Pavement 04:29
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3.
Radio Angels 03:37
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4.
A City is a Sound 02:52
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5.
Autobody by Moonlight 06:14
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6.
A Neighborhood Girl 04:33
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7.
Three in the Morning 03:41
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8.
Up on the Roof, Down in the Street 03:19
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9.
Long Way Down 04:18
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10.
Four Minutes at Sunset 04:00
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11.
Night Horizon 04:20
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12.
St. James Infirmary Jam 04:03
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13.
Dreaming of Skyscrapers 04:06
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14.
Roundabout 03:19
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15.
Rockets 04:24
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16.
Outskirts 03:34
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"The best music, whether songs or instrumentals, are little houses that take our breath away. Songs which... you can live inside of for a while. Which is why when I first encountered... A City is a Sound, it felt like I was returning to a place I was familiar with, even though I have never visited there before. This sensation of synchronicity recurs again and again in his many compelling compositions... In a very real sense, he has produced a movie for our ears: he has mastered the art of sonic collage and musical montage.”
- Donald Brackett, author of "Back to Black: Amy Winehouse's Only Masterpiece" and "Fleetwood Mac: 40 Years of Creative Chaos."

A modern sound captures the retro spirit of the great American cities of the 1970s. From the bad old days of Times Square, through the rust belt, to the polyglot neighborhoods of Los Angeles. Sixteen tracks evoking the dirty, the arty, the shambolic, and the glorious.

Includes a 15-page illustrated digital booklet with enhanced period photographs. The booklet comes in two version, hi-res for use on computers, and a version optimized for portable devices.

From the liner notes:

A city is a sound, a particular oscillation,
A tone and a timbre
Shaped by the unique way that
The buildings in this town
Channel the air currents--
The gait with which these individual residents walk
Vibrating the earth just so.
A city is a waveform sculpted by the
Singular shape of its skyline,
Which tailors its harmonics,
Introduces interference, and
Anchors high, cutting tones
With deep, bass booms.

One of three albums in a set:
Another Place 1, A City is a Sound
Another Place 2, Alone in a Big Place
Another Place 3, Out of Place

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released October 31, 2017

All songs written and recorded by Nas Hedron. Album design by Hipper Tiger.

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Nas Hedron Toronto, Ontario

“An artist who gives a fresh new and startling meaning to the word interdisciplinary.”
-- Donald Brackett, author of "Back to Black: Amy Winehouse's Only Masterpiece" and "Fleetwood Mac: 40 Years of Creative Chaos."

Nas Hedron divides his time between his native Canada and Brazil. ... more

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