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Air Buttons

by Richard Sanderson

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1.
Shade 04:28
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2.
Mouse Magnet 04:41
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3.
Keening 02:55
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4.
Above The Breakers/Harbour Lights 06:12
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5.
Flim Flamingo 01:52
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6.
The Wold Shadow 03:30
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7.
Downhill Bicycle Race 02:53
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8.
Separating Circle 04:25
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Fort Two/Electric Toothbrush/Quartz 06:36
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10.
Stalactite 02:17
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11.
Velux Doppler 05:48
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"Air Buttons" is an album of improvisations for melodeon (diatonic button accordion) and electronics.

These pieces were recorded at home in Hither Green, usually on Friday afternoons when the housework was done and before the kids came back from school. As with my previous album of melodeon improvisations the instrument was recorded in three different ways – using footpedals (wah, distortion and pitch change), pushing it through contraptions made with Audiomulch software on my laptop, or augmenting it with other sounds – in this case, field recordings and a wind-up gramophone. The gramophone was recorded with a contact microphone (made by Jez Riley French) attached to the needle, or to a toothbrush. “Above The Breakers” was played on pre-WW1 one-row melodeon, all the others were played on a D/G Hohner Pokerwork two row. The title of “Flim Flamingo” was suggested by Gary Widdowfield.. “Velux Doppler” was created from two field recordings- one of Beckenham Parish Church Bells, the other of the rain falling on the roof window of my bedroom. The field recordings on “Shade” were made in my garden. The tracks were recorded 2011-13 and assembled November 2013. Thank you for listening.
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released November 26, 2013

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released May 15, 2023

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For my Father.
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RIchard Sanderson- Melodeon, Foot-pedals, ElectronIcs, Gramophone, Contact Microphone, Field Recordings.

Recorded in Hither Green, South London 2011 - 2013

Contact Microphone built by Jez Riley French

"Flim Flamingo" title suggested by Gary Widdowfield

An album of reworkings and remixes of Airbuttons by 46 different artists, "Button Box" was also released as a free download. Get it here-
linearobsessional.bandcamp.com/album/button-box

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Richard Sanderson Lewisham, UK

Richard Sanderson is an improvising musician based in London, he has recorded with the groups Ticklish, Minnow, Lost Robots and in duos with Mark Spybey and Steve Beresford. He has recorded for several labels including Grob, Textile, Qbico, Lens and Duophonic. He has performed at festivals of experimental throughout Europe.

He is the curator of Linear Obsessional Recordings. ... more

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