Hawaiki Tapes, by M. Geddes Gengras

Hawaiki Tapes

by M. Geddes Gengras

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Nate Stevens The sounds only a genius with creative limits and beautiful scenery together (not to mention my favorite lil' synth that could) could make. A great album for thinking, feeling, sleeping, or traveling. Favorite track: Ha'akulamanu.

Shane Hope Proof that limitations can often produce great creativity. Favorite track: Kalapana.

BenPujara Gorgeous start to finish. Raise up your bare feet and get swept away. Favorite track: Ha'akulamanu.

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	1.	Hilina Slump 09:54
	2.	Ha'akulamanu 07:07
	3.	Kapoho 08:44
	4.	Kīlauea 08:00
	5.	Mauna Kea 05:35
	6.	Lō'ihi 04:13
	7.	Kalapana 03:19
	8.	Mauna Loa 08:18
	9.	Pu'u Loa 07:33
	10.	Nāhuku 06:02

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Recorded during a vacation on the big island, Hawaiki Tapes is somewhat of an anomaly in the M. Geddes Gengras music —A series of short, improvised sequences voiced by a small plastic digital synthesizer, minimally processed in real time & jacked straight into a handheld recorder. It was made at night, on a little hotel room desk. The internal sequencer of the volca greatly influenced the pieces, since it only goes so slow and is limited in it’s voicing.

It was windy and cold for most of the trip, and the sky was gigantic and filled with massive rippling clouds that flew between the horizons in minutes. The landscape was made of endless, black rock fields with little grassy spots where the lava hadn’t hit yet. In the process, Gengras had in mind some of the formative ambient music he had listened to in his early years: Brian Eno, Harold Budd, Aphex Twin, and his focus is in the interaction between the synth, the delay and reverb effects. A perfect album for sleepless nights —A new sound statement from M. Geddes Gengras.

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released June 15, 2018

Produced and Mastered by M. Geddes Gengras.
Design by Daniel Castrejón, photos by M. Geddes Gengras.

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