Demonym, by Spencer Owen

Demonym

by Spencer Owen

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	1.	How come U don't call me anymore 10:29
	2.	Through the era turnstile 13:29
	3.	All my broken bones 09:37
	4.	Notes 01:07
	5.	Every day is my night 08:10
	6.	Certain people I could name 04:12

about

My first identified form of musical expression, from early childhood, was piano improvisation. When I was a kid, I would press "record" on a portable tape recorder, make things up on our upright piano or a keyboard, then have my parents write the title and track listing on a cassette J-card. Edition one of one.

Though light reverb and delay has been applied on some tracks and volume has been adjusted when appropriate, no compression was used. Also, aside from one instance of start positioning and obvious fades, the improvisations on this album are unedited. No piano sounds were overdubbed.

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released June 21, 2022

Spencer Owen: piano, voice, treatments

1 & 6 - piano & vocals engineered by Gabriel Shepard at 25th Street Recording, Oakland, CA on April 10, 2022
2, 3 & 5 - piano engineered by Sandy Owen at Tahitian Terrace, Pacific Palisades, CA on February 28, 2022
4 - journal voice memo recorded on November 30, 2021
6 - bg vox voice memos recorded on May 14, 2022

1 - song by PRN
5 - title by Dallas Egan (by way of Kalen Egan)
6 - song by JSL

Reaching, in vain, toward the distances inhabited by the great inspirations Paul Bley and Jim O'Rourke, and by my dad, Sandy.

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Spencer Owen Los Angeles, California

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