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01. Marja Ahti - In Ictu Oculi
02. Marja Ahti - Nox
03. Marja Ahti - The Bon Voyage
04. Marja Ahti - Apparitions
05. Marja Ahti - Shrine (Still Life With Glass Bottle, Flower and Microphone)
06. Marja Ahti - Orchid House
07. Marja Ahti - Ashes Over Hatching Eggs
08. Marja Ahti - The Yard
ARTIST
TITLE
Still Lives
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
SOD 127LP SOD 127LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
4/22/2022

Still Lives is the third solo full length by the Finnish composer Marja Ahti, following a pair of releases on the Hallow Ground imprint. As a collection, it may be seen as a series of studies on the liminality of the listening act and an investigation into the physicality of sound. Ahti forges vivid electroacoustic environments from field recordings, analog synthesizers, acoustic feedback, magnetic tape and digital processing, resulting in a set of articulate, prickly, and surprising compositions. In the artist's words, "These pieces could be conceived of as vanitas paintings of a kind -- selections of mundane or archetypal objects, sounds that have their own distinct qualities, but exist only by virtue of being temporary events. From another angle, one could think of them as shrines -- objects assembled and set in a particular relationship to each other, charging each other in their given constellations." Includes download code; edition of 300.

Marja Ahti (b. 1981) is a musician and composer based in Turku, Finland. Originally from Sweden, Ahti has been a part of the Finnish experimental music scene for more than ten years in different constellations. She is currently active in the duo Ahti & Ahti with her partner and as a member of the Himera artist/organizer collective.