Matt Rogalsky Visitations and Revisitations 2 CDs for the price of 1 With Visitations and Revisitations, Matt Rogalsky continues lines of work that seem to inevitably revolve around explorations and honoring of place, people, and memory. Ambient, expansive and immersive, twelve new songs without words invite listeners on travels through spectral sound worlds. All the compositions combine elements of acoustic and electronic sound, where the electronic sound is often derived from underlying acoustic sources which often remain unheard while their liminal, spectral qualities are evoked in new ways.
On this collection, two Visitations bracket ten Revisitations. Each ‘Revisitation’ identified by a letter is an investigation into the work of a composer or musician whose work has meant much to Rogalsky: “The Revisitations all function as homage compositions, in an alphabetical series of 26, where each letter references a composer whose work has touched me, and whose sounds I have spectrally explored in a new response piece.” The Visitations are different from the Revisitations in their referencing of intensely personal conditions: one derives from the resonances of a family upright piano which came from Rogalsky’s maternal side, and one evokes experiences in movement, sound and community around the base of Sacred Buffalo Guardian Mountain in Banff Alberta. The range of influences Rogalsky explores on Visitations and Revisitations span from musicians and poets in his local sphere, to internationally well-known contemporary and historical figures in music and sound. Some sources are revealed and others kept private as a guessing game for listeners. A number of the tracks on the album are based in recordings of live performances while others are purely studio compositions. Revisitation N on this album is for the late Phill Niblock, the person behind XI Records, and this release is dedicated to his life and memory, with thanks for his mentorship. Revisitation N was performed in front of him at Experimental Intermedia in November 2018, accompanied by his video of a rainy 1970s night looking from his loft into the street below. Two More Revisitations are also available as a free download to celebrate the CD release, featuring award winning poet Steven Heighton. - mattrogalsky.bandcamp.com Matt Rogalsky is based in Kingston/Katarokwi, in Ontario Canada where he runs the Sonic Arts Studio at Queen’s University. He previously released a double CD album Memory Like Water on XI Records in 2006. mrogalsky.net mattrogalsky.bandcamp.com

 
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