double bass, voice Nat Baldwin
mastered by Caleb Mulkerin
Works for double bass ensemble and voices, multitracked with all materials played and sung by the composer. Each piece presents a distinct environment exploring contrast and tension to sculpt a dense collage of focused textures.

A quartet engaging with a limited set of gestures and articulations, each avoiding rise or decay. Vocals, microtonal and layered atop sparse plucks and spiccato fragments. Bowed swells of delicate, double stop harmonics, detuned yet melodic, a brief sense of serenity emerging from disquieting depths.
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released February 22, 2022

Nat Baldwin – double bass, voice

Composed, recorded, and mixed at the Apohadion Theater in Portland, ME in January 2021

Mastered by Caleb Mulkerin at Tank 28

Each piece is a multitrack recording with all materials played and sung by the composer

Photography by Savvas Metaxas