Formations 1, by St. Silva

Formations 1

by St. Silva

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> formations: an act of giving form or shape to something or of taking form, development <

*Formations 1* is a collection of recordings captured in my home studio sometime in late 2023 / early 2024. It sits in some liminal space between "jams" and a full release, and was largely inspired by Jim O'Rourke's Steamroom recordings:

"...I’m trying to counteract my tendency to hide all that stuff. So occasionally I’ll find a tape after years of forgetting it even existed, and if I’m surprised by it — like, ‘Oh, that isn’t complete crap’ — then I’ll post it...I just have to make them. It’s like my oxygen." - Jim O'Rourke

*Formations* is in this same spirit. I have to make them, I naturally make them all the time. Small elements, modules of sound. Some parts will grow and mature into part of a song. But others won't. It's enough that they exist. And as I gear up for tracking a new full album, which will be more of a traditional release, this felt like a good way to "counteract my tendency to hide".

For some of these pieces, I have no memory of how I created those sounds and I'm not sure if I could accurately recreate them now. They feel like ghosts of something, a snapshot in time.

Adding "1" to the album title indicates my hope that this will be the start of a series of releases. Each time I catalog my recordings (every couple months, sometimes longer) I'll try to release a new *Formations* of all the pieces that moved me somehow.

All pieces on *Formations 1* were recorded in a single take off of a 4 channel mixer. This eliminates the possibility of much post-production or editing. I added some effects to a few tracks and did some light mastering, but that's it.

The instruments used on *Formations 1* are hard to categorize, since it could be any number of synths in my studio, some of which I no longer own. A few incorporate generative sequencing scripts using a Monome Norns Shield.

Full liner notes here: st-silva.netlify.app//2024-03-25-formations-1/

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released March 25, 2024

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St. Silva Burlington, Vermont

St. Silva is the electronic ambient project of musician, songwriter, and composer Ben Dexter Cooley.

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