Unofficial, by Rachel Beetz

Unofficial

by Rachel Beetz

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1.	Behind 05:52	buy track
2.	Undertow 03:51	buy track
3.	Pressures 07:03	buy track
4.	Hold 05:20	buy track
5.	Vessels 04:56	buy track
6.	Climb 06:37	buy track
7.	Leaving 06:02	buy track
8.	Dreams 06:09	buy track

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UNOFFICIAL is an attempt to understand and name my unconscious emotion through sound. Each work is the exploration of specific flute sounds and effects. They are private improvisations made in a state of flow. Often the acoustic flute is abandoned for behemoth flute synthesizers. This process echoes my emotional exploration of the last three years - to stare into the labyrinth and build a world out of the refuse.

To create Unofficial, I improvised with custom synthesizers made from samples of my acoustic flute playing (Tracks 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8) and also on the acoustic flute with effects pedals (Tracks 2 and 3). All of the tracks capture in-the-moment creations with some production in post. Other than the desire to transform the flute into the entire range of musical frequencies, there were no rules or systems employed in creating these tracks. Performed in the privacy of my home studio, these improvisations are an attempt at revealing the inner subconscious.

This music is science fiction.

It is a utopia where we are self-aware enough to know when to express our feelings and when to protect them. It is where we are free to be officially unofficial.

The album cover is my Painted Future, foretold by THE STIGMA FOG SAINT, who is the saint of stigma with the ability to transform constructed stigmas into forms of the sublime.

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released January 21, 2022

Recorded and Produced by Rachel Beetz
Cover Art by THE STIGMA FOG SAINT
Design by Dan Rosenboom
© 2021 Rachel Beetz (ASCAP)
Orenda Records 0095
www.orendarecords.com

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