American Semiology

by PMD

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1.	Slo-Wreck 06:01	download
2.	The Raw and the Cooked 03:34	download
3.	Folkways 04:36	download
4.	Dating Myths 05:31	download
5.	Project C 02:48	download
6.	Gospel Coda 04:56	download

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Recorded February through May 2021 in Somerville, MA.
Arranged, mixed & mastered June through September 2021.

Instruments:
- Eastwood Airline lap steel (2, 5)
- Elektron Digitakt sampler and drum machine
- Fender Telecaster electric guitar (1, 3, 4)
- Kala cedar acacia concert ukulele (1)
- Native Instruments "The Gentleman" piano VST (3, 4)
- Seagull S6 Original acoustic guitar (6)
- Waldorf Blofeld synthesizer (1)

Gear:
- Shure SM57 microphone
- Motu M2 audio interface
- Ableton Live 10
- Positive Grid Bias FX 2

credits

released September 19, 2021

Patric DelCioppo: production, mixing, mastering

Sampled works (sourced from vinyl and AM radio):
- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, "Such Sweet Thunder" - 1957 (2, 5)
- Felix Slatkin and the Drum Brigade, "Drummer Boy" - 1961 (6)
- Floyd Cramer, "Last Date" - 1960 (4)
- Gene Vincent, "Be-Bop-A-Lula" - 1956 (1)
- John F. Kennedy, "Speech on Birmingham Segregation" - 1963 (5)
- Kid Prince Moore, "Church Bells" - 1936 (6)
- Sonar Senghor African Troupe, "Sicco" - 1952 (3)
- Unknown Tibetan artist, "Gyanahribuzena (Mountain Song)" - 1962 (3)

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