Tactile Ground by Robert Rich
Can we find a tactile ground,
an animal surface upon which to calibrate our humanity?
Skin telegraphs sensation from air,
filtered from distant worlds.
Language constricts our sense of self
to an illusion of separation.
The verb of living, flux and transmutation,
expands outward from the middle,
concentric ripples on a pond.
We drop through the surface,
pebbles tossed from the shore.
Tracklist
| 1. | The Sentience of Touch | 9:02 |
| 2. | Eroding Columns | 7:58 |
| 3. | Shrouded Latice | 9:20 |
| 4. | A Skein for Skin | 9:12 |
| 5. | The Abiding Wheel | 7:05 |
| 6. | Language of Breezes | 14:30 |
| 7. | Radiant Groundlines | 7:46 |
| 8. | Haptic Incursions | 9:14 |
| 9. | Glassmaker’s Sand | 5:02 |
| 10. | Senescent Architecture | 4:30 |
| 11. | Heat Island Effect | 7:19 |
| 12. | Dominion of Microns | 4:06 |
| 13. | Tentative Unfolding | 5:47 |
| 14. | Elevations | 7:02 |
| 15. | Meridian Respiration | 8:46 |
| 16. | Tactile Ground Part 1: Location (2496, Disc 1) | 57:06 |
| 17. | Tactile Ground Part 2: Dislocation (2496, Disc 2) | 59:31 |
Credits
©2018 by Robert Rich, BMI
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by R. Rich
in 2018 at Soundscape, Mountain View.
Using Synthesis Technology, Old Crow, STG, L-1,
Intellijel, Sequential PX & P12, Haken Continuum,
LeafAudio Soundbox, lap steel, flutes, piano, odds & ends.
Processing with 2C Audio, Audio Damage, Michael Norris, SoundHack.
Thanks to Dixie, the crows and so many others for inspiration & friendship.
Ink-works and text by R.Rich, layout by John Bergin.
Artwork information at robertrich.com/graphic-art
License
All rights reserved.
Robert Rich has helped define ambient and electronic music, with over 60 albums across five decades. Rich began building his own analog modular synthesizers in 1976, when he was 13, and later studied computer music at Stanford's CCRMA while researching lucid dreaming. Rich performs and lectures worldwide. His all-night Sleep Concerts have become legendary.