PETAL TONES

by Bradford Reed

PETAL TONES cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 9 March 2026
  • Label: Self-Released
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 47:35
  • Community rating: 3.54/5 from 7 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Bradford Reed’s ‘PETAL TONES’ continues his exploration of avant-garde soundscapes, centered on his self-invented electric board zither, the pencilina. The album expands upon his historically quirky and percussive style by incorporating a broader orchestration that includes modular synthesizers, drums, and musical saw, creating a sound described as more meditative and thoughtful, yet still challenging. Compositions are built from primal rhythmic foundations, focusing on low frequencies and intuitive, often unfamiliar, playing methods to produce a sonic journey that is both sophisticated and ethereal.

Genres

Descriptors: tense, atonal, avant-garde, deconstructed, experimental, instrumental, minimal, acoustic, ambient, electronic, percussive, gentle

Tracklist

  1. Bass Intuition (7:05)
  2. When Change Seasons (17:54)
  3. The Cloud Trap (8:18)
  4. The City on the Edge of Forever (5:17)
  5. Petal Tones (8:59)

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