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MAHAMUDRA

by Sun Hammer

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1.
Reverberations 04:01
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2.
Purplenoise 02:51
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3.
Matsteal 05:06
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4.
(I Knew All About the) Alien Agenda 02:54
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Excel Drone 03:45
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6.
Untitled (February 12, 2013) 03:57
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VA-2-alt86 02:29
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PhM2d 03:48
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Trim 03:42
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Bassv I 04:11
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Habits-s-4 04:49
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12.
Addsyn, Gran, 2d.voc 03:36
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about

‘MAHAMUDRA’ – rough translation: “great gesture” – was created in Portland, OR primarily in 2013 and 2014. It was intended to present a shift away from the more esoteric drone music Sun Hammer had primarily created for the previous few years into a more expansive synthesis of tastes and influences. Taking cues from drone, as well as hip-hop, techno, plunderphonics, glitch, post-dubstep mutations and process-based experimental music, MAHAMUDRA aims to present something more broadly accessible to fans of electronic music as a sort of magnum opus for the Sun Hammer identity.

The first Sun Hammer release to incorporate elements from his ever-growing personal library of daily musical exercises – a practice which the artist has diligently kept up since 2012 – MAHAMUDRA acts as a master class in modern electronic music production technique. Ever the engineer, Sun Hammer drew on his considerable expertise and knowledge to craft these 12 tracks: drum programming, odd time-signatures, FM, granular and additive synthesis, data-to-sound transformation algorithms, graphic scores, randomized processes, multi-generational sampling, vocoder, auto-tune, breakbeats, trap-style beat tags and more. The end result is a sprawling collection of rhythmic sculptures that calls to mind any number of reference points, while still forcefully asserting an identity and aesthetic all its own.

In 2015, after a long delay, the album was mixed by Sun Hammer with Chris Koltay at High Bias Recordings studio in Detroit MI. Software used was Ableton Live and Max / MSP, along with piano, voice and field recordings captured on iPhone.

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released September 15, 2016

Written and produced by Jay Bodley at Sun Hammer Business Campus, Portland OR, 2012-2015.
Mixed by Chris Koltay & Sun Hammer at High Bias Recordings, Detroit MI, 2015.

Mastered by Andrew Weathers.
Artwork by Mike Todd.
Layout by Gretchen Korsmo.

Published by Sun Hammer Infinite, ASCAP ©2016

Full Spectrum Records | FS046

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Sun Hammer is an American sound artist who identifies as an Enneagram Type Five, a lover of sweets, and a very active person. He currently resides in Los Angeles.

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