Metal in the Midwest, by James Shearman

Metal in the Midwest

by James Shearman

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	1.	Untitled 1 41:56
	2.	Untitled 2 09:56
	3.	Untitled 3 22:20
	4.	Untitled 4 03:13
	5.	Untitled 5 07:18
	6.	Untitled 6 15:57
	7.	Untitled 7 27:46

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Recorded in the day and evening of 8th May 2023 in Highland Park, Illinois.

This album is a composite of two to three distinct stylistic directions I am pursuing for three upcoming shows in the midwest of the US. The first in Chicago is a collaboration set with Chicago artist Janna Lee and will make use of ambient drone (vocal and synth) and lowercase noise (amplified metal and objects/touch) and my half of the set would be best approximated in 'Untitled 7'. The next two shows in Detroit and Pittsburgh are solo shows - with the Detroit show as 'Shearman' focusing more on rhythmic noise and base/deconstructed power electronics tangling with feedback workship and metal noise - and the Pittsburgh show will be pretty much similar but letting go of the PE and rhythmic elements in favour of textural exploration and HNW.

With immense thanks and love to Janna, Anais and Claire for organising these shows - and to Alyce for being the best person I know and putting up with me and all my horrible noises.

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released May 9, 2023

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