Soundlines: On Language and the Land

Album Overview

  • Release Date: December 1, 2023

  • Label: Islandia Music Records

  • Performed by Steven Schick

Psappha, Iannis Xenakis
The Ice is Talking, Vivian Fung
Soundlines, George Lewis
Trans, Lei Liang
To the Earth, Frederic Rzewski
Toucher, Vinko Globokar
Here and there, Roger Reynolds
Thought Sectors, Sarah Hennies

Soundlines: On Language and the Land is the second album of Weather Systems, a three-volume recording by the “‘Philosopher King’ of Percussion” (New York Times), Steven Schick. This album captures the 700-mile journey of the noted percussionist as he searched for language, rooted in the sounds of the animate earth, that could bind the disparate experiences of a 21st-century musician into a unified experience. Through a highly contrasted collage of music, language, and sound effects, Schick presents layered emotions in which a humorous façade dissolves to reveal deeper truths connecting music and life.

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