Radiant Day by Blanket Swimming
"Radiant Day" is the latest sonic offering by sound artist Thea Maloney operating under their ambient moniker, Blanket Swimming.
"The album began as a feeling of merging with the beauty of all things. I laid down MIDI sketches as the groundwork in Spring of 2023, as the air started to bloom. Samples of Bizet, Ładysz, and Chopin were transformed into dream-whispers atop these gently buzzing spaces.
The material sat for quite some time, as I realized how real impermanence was, change after change after change. Fall came...more change and two moves across the country...I ended up with an old mountain dulicimer and finally completed the record, strumming and bowing melodies to comprehend, and ultimately make peace with the change...A feeling of resting between the sadness and joy, longing and contentedness.
I hope these pieces may offer you a place to explore, to realize how wonderful it all is, and how beautiful you are. You can always rest in that space."
- Thea Maloney, September 2024
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Thea Maloney is a sound artist based in Kansas City. They create concrète compositions from field recordings under their given name, fluid ambient music as Blanket Swimming, and are 1/2 of the experimental music duo, Picture Rather Muted. Maloney works with field recording, guitar, synthesizers, and a variety of processed instruments/sound sources to create an abstract world of immense depth and range. Maloney's work expresses stillness and activity, lightness and dark, in order to provide a rich imaginative space for listeners to explore. They also curate the longform music label, Asonu and operate their self-publishing banner, Open Colour Imprint.
Tracklist
| 1. | Rise, And Realize Beauty | 8:46 |
| 2. | Darkness Always Turns To Light | 13:27 |
| 3. | Connecting Roots To Stars | 7:24 |
| 4. | Passing Through The Spheres | 9:22 |
| 5. | Multitude Of Heavenly Host | 20:03 |
Videos
Credits
Thea Maloney - all music, mixing and mastering (March 2023 - January 2024)
Seiichi Takezawa - album cover
Greg Nunn - physical media layout
Toby Kaufmann-Buhler - "Connecting Roots To Stars" video
License
All rights reserved.Tags
Blanket Swimming is Thea Maloney, a sound artist, composer, and performer based in Kansas City.
Under the moniker Blanket Swimming, she produces ambient music that articulates phenomenological and existential themes, translating questions of spirituality, nature, and human experience into dream-like sound environments.