Networking, by Massimo Magee

Networking

by Massimo Magee

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1.	Signal Flare - solo 02:45	buy track
2.	Echopraxia - duo with Travis D. Johnson 03:49	buy track
3.	Consolamentum - duo with Tim Green 07:21	buy track
4.	Tephra - duo with Joshua Weitzel 02:54	buy track
5.	Alien Hand Syndrome - duo with Joshua Weitzel 03:59	buy track
6.	Oto-Industrial Complex - duo with A.F. Jones 08:52	buy track
7.	Membrane - duo with Thomas Milovac 13:15	buy track
8.	Blinkenlights - duo with Lance Austin Olsen 12:33	buy track
9.	Networking Outro - solo 02:29	buy track

about

The album that became Networking started out on 20 December 2020, when, in one day, I recorded a series of alto saxophone solos whilst thinking of particular musical friends and collaborators. The atmosphere of continuing pandemic-induced isolation from group music-making was weighing on my mind and I resolved to do something about it through the most powerful tool available to me at the time: the internet. Each of the solos I recorded was intended for its specific recipient, which is why I am very lucky and honored that all the chosen duo partners responded positively to the project! For my part, after a short solo statement to mark the departure point, the tracks explore a progressively broadening approach to the possibilities of the alto saxophone as instrument/object across their span, with a brief solo coda to close the loop (and then some). My musical comrades took these solitary musings and generously welcomed them into their own stunningly diverse and expansive sound worlds through the time-capturing magic of sound recordings shared over the internet. I hope the resulting music has something to say about the importance of musical communication even in trying circumstances, and the inextinguishable imperative to keep striving to push exploratory music into new realms of possibility, no matter the difficulties.
- Massimo Magee

credits

released June 16, 2023

01 Signal Flare - solo 2:46
02 Echopraxia - duo with Travis D. Johnson 3:49
03 Consolamentum - duo with Tim Green 7:22
04 Tephra - duo with Joshua Weitzel 2:54
05 Alien Hand Syndrome - duo with Joshua Weitzel 4:00
06 Oto-Industrial Complex - duo with A.F. Jones 8:52
07 Membrane - duo with Thomas Milovac 13:15
08 Blinkenlights - duo with Lance Austin Olsen 12:34
09 Networking Outro - solo 2:29

Travis D. Johnson - Digital Synthesis on (2)
Tim Green - Drums and Percussion on (3)
Joshua Weitzel - Guitar on (4) and Pure Data on (5)
A.F. Jones - Live Sampling on (6)
Thomas Milovac - Double Bass on (7)
Lance Austin Olsen - Amplified Objects and Guitar on (8)
Massimo Magee - Acoustic Alto Saxophone on all tracks except Electro-/Acoustic Alto Saxophone on (8)

Recorded, mixed and mastered by the artists

Recorded between December 20, 2020 and October 2021 across the world

Original music by the artists

Cover painting: Atom Smashing by MiHee Kim Magee
Album design by Mark Smith

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