Continental Burns by Ned Milligan
The summer of 2014 was the first time in years that I had an extended period of time when I was able to pursue some different projects. This album is the result of reacquainting myself with the act of making music and I'm really pleased with how it turned out. A thank you is in order to Sean McCann for his mastering job.
I think of Continental Burns as having two sides. The first five tracks (which also score the video of the same name) share a certain kinship; the sixth complements what came before while departing from it at the same time. A lot of this music came out of my longstanding interest in repeating figures and loops of both musical and traditionally non-musical sound sources.
"The Station in Spuyten Duyvil" is an extended reworking of a track that first appeared on Rambler in a much shorter form. I think it is a piece that could exist in different versions with variable durations, but I would say that this 19-minute iteration is as close to definitive as I can currently conceive.
This is the first release on my label Florabelle--go to florabellerecords.com for more information.
Tracklist
| 1. | Detritus / Geraldine and Her Apricot Tree | 5:38 |
| 2. | Mining the Miners | 6:10 |
| 3. | Cotillion Cross | 4:03 |
| 4. | Every Afternoon a New One | 3:27 |
| 5. | Serenade | 2:18 |
| 6. | The Station in Spuyten Duyvil | 19:10 |
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School teacher / occasional musician. Also heading up Florabelle, a small-run label. More information can be found at florabellerecords.com.