Everything at Once, by Wilson Tanner Smith's BIVOUAC

Everything at Once

by Wilson Tanner Smith's BIVOUAC

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	1.	Prayer to Rocks 13:49
	2.	Sea / Ur 05:06
	3.	Green Desert 18:39
	4.	The Words 02:58

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What are these that ring when struck?
What are these that stand end to end?
or shoot out of the ground?
What are these that blow in the wind?
that fasten the seatbelts,
that wait patiently for --
What are these that turn yellow in Autumn,
What are these that map out root systems
that refill the tide pools,
What are these that call each other darling?
What are these, what are these

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Solo cello improvisations born out of a deep fascination with detail, specificity, atmosphere, presence — and the wonder that emerges through intentional time spent with any given thing/moment/person/space. Sam Clapp (recording, editing, and mastering) and I pair this musical impetus with unique (and a bit excessive) microphone techniques to create a sur-real and hyper-real image of the acoustic cello. This project was made to celebrate the spirit of a gently meditative/focused/honed appreciation of what's possible and rich in the instrument, and more importantly, what's rich in a Moment.

"Everything at Once" was recorded at Northwestern University's soundstage by Sam Clapp, March 4, 2018, who also mixed and mastered it at Experimental Sound Studio and at home in these intervening years. Ana María Bermúdez created the album artwork.
(It was titled before the movie came out.)

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released July 16, 2022

Wilson Tanner Smith - Cello
Recording, mixing, and mastering by Sam Clapp
Artwork by Ana María Bermúdez

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Hoophouse is the cultivation and clearing house for the music and collaborative work of cellist, composer, improviser, & performance artist Wilson Tanner Smith, a.k.a. BIVOUAC

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we have now,

flowing through this
[place]/[sound]/[people]/[gesture]

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