NPNP
Harmony in a Vacuum - [HTRA041]
On November 8th 2024, Jackson Darby released Harmony in a Vacuum under his NPNP moniker on David Psutka's Halocline Trance imprint.
Harmony in a Vacuum meanders through dreamy textures, dark timbral juxtaposition, and euphoric crescendos. Through sampling instrumental takes from various NPNP recording sessions with various musicians and recontextualizing, processing and effecting them Darby creates a rich sonic pallet to draw from and compose with. This process of meta-sampling deals with musical quantum time - weaving ideas of counterpoint that include contrasting spaces, fidelity and instrumentation with newly realized versions of themselves. Through this cyclical process of recording, processing through modular synth and reel-to-reel tape, and re-recording again and again, NPNP has created an abstract narrative that throughout feels ethereal, grounded and grotesque.
This music is made up of these heavily processed source recordings, however some of the source material is less processed and more true to the original takes and some instruments were recorded over nearly finished compositions.
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releases November 8, 2024
Composed, produced, mixed by Jackson Darby
Mastered by David Psutka
Sampled instrumentation:
Saxophone by James Goddard on tracks 3, 7
Saxophone by Becky Katz on track 2
Drums by Evelyn Charlotte Joe on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7
Piano by Evelyn Charlotte Joe on tracks 3, 4
Vocals by Benita Whyte on track 1
Live instrumentation:
Flute by Allie Blumas on track 7
Piano by Evelyn Charlotte Joe on track 7
Insert write-up by Destiny Rosenberg
Design by Léon Lo
Cover Artwork by ANF
Photography by Rodolfo Rueda
Distributed by SRD
In Loving Memory of Dave Darby
Halocline Trance 2024