The Guide, by Jesse Silbert

The Guide

by Jesse Silbert

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	1.	Part I 06:44
	2.	Part II 04:57

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I started working on these two tracks based on a simple thematic concept of “The Guide.” I wanted to pull the listener through various spaces that were artificially created from real sounds. So I decided to use various field recordings from around my house in Weston, CT for the first track and from Hartford, New York City, Chicago, and Boston for the second. I created the synths from scratch, using Cycling74’s Max/MSP.

While the field recordings were composed, the synths were completely improvised over the field recordings. Although it was important to me how carefully constructed the soundscapes were, I still wanted to access the emotions I believe can only really be accessed through improvisation.

The cover art was done by my exceptionally talented younger sister Julia Silbert.

Thanks to Gary Xu for all his help.

And I also wanted to give a huge thanks to Maurice Marion for mixing and mastering The Guide, as well as giving me crucial artistic advice.

*Best listened to on headphones*

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released September 16, 2015

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Jesse Silbert New York, New York

Jesse Silbert is a student at Columbia University. In the past few years, he has moved away from jazz bass, from Western harmonic theory, and from standardized treatments of rhythm, and instead he has turned towards computer generated music, exploring timbres and sounds, and various treatments of musical data. Jesse is also a staff writer for Rarecandy.org, a music magazine based in New York City. ... more

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