Tracing Back the Radiance

by Jefre Cantu-Ledesma

Tracing Back the Radiance cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 12 July 2019
  • Label: Mexican Summer
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:40
  • Community rating: 3.77/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Stepping away from the dense, shoegaze-indebted static of his previous releases, the experimental musician leans into acoustic minimalism and profound stillness. The album consists of three sprawling, deeply meditative compositions constructed around the gentle, resonating tones of a vibraphone played by John Also Bennett. It is a stunning, warm exercise in slowly unfolding harmonic overtones.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, instrumental, atmospheric, ambient, dreamy, experimental, minimal, droning, shimmering, long-form

Tracklist

  1. Palace of Time (21:10)
  2. Joy (5:00)
  3. Tracing Back the Radiance (15:30)

Credits

  • Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - primary artist, composed by, effects [effects processing], vibraphone
  • Jonathan Sielaff - bass clarinet
  • John Also Bennett - flute
  • Marilu Donovan - harp
  • Mary Lattimore - harp
  • Chuck Johnson - pedal steel guitar
  • David Moore - piano
  • Gregg Kowalsky - synthesizer

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