and Transcendence gives the listener a front row seat to this quest

particularly on Side A

is the music’s centerpiece and guiding force

that is Mediterranean sounds with intricate strings

Simple on the outside but when the front was removed the inner detailing was like a snakeskin - something that my piano tuner commented he had never seen before

WESTON OLENCKI - Broadsides LP Guitar Picking and Transcendence gives the listenerIn 2023, sound artist and composer Weston Olencki toured across the American South. Beginning in their hometown in South Carolina, they snaked a circuitous path from the mountains of West Virginia to the banks of the Mississippi River. As the miles accumulated, so did the initial seeds of new work. Instruments and artifacts they acquired hitched a ride in the backseat, while songs and sounds filled their portable recorder: water in its various states,