Bleeding Past the Edges

by Christopher Tignor

Bleeding Past the Edges cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 29 May 2026
  • Label: Western Vinyl
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 39:04
  • Community rating: 3.72/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Published on the esteemed Western Vinyl label, 'Bleeding Past the Edges' represents the latest studio album from American violinist and composer Christopher Tignor. The record is a masterclass in modular sound design, combining deep-reaching sub-bass frequencies and spacey, orbital drone loops with live-processed violin. The quiet, deeply meditative pieces pair delicate acoustic string improvisations with slow, hovering electronic pads and granular synth structures, capturing a peaceful, ritualistic, and highly unexpected dialogue.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, textured, experimental, ambient, electronic, minimal, conceptual, strings, atmospheric, piano, melodic, delicate, chamber

Tracklist

  1. Weight of Words (5:20)
  2. Shadow Purposes I. Patterns of Goodbye (4:23)
  3. Shadow Purposes II. Path to an Unlit Horizon (3:30)
  4. Shadow Purposes III. New Tectonics (6:36)
  5. Shadow Purposes IV. The Blue Cascades (3:09)
  6. Shadow Purposes V. A Sea Lit by Stars to Swallow Us (7:39)
  7. Blood and Black Ink (7:28)
  8. Decision Tree (0:55)

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