three winters (2010-2012)

by Danny Clay

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	1.	I am a poor wayfaring stranger: (i) prologue 02:54
	2.	I am a poor wayfaring stranger: (ii) winter veil 04:12
	3.	I am a poor wayfaring stranger: (iii) in the old churchyard 01:24
	4.	I am a poor wayfaring stranger: (iv) no more to roam 09:21
	5.	I am a poor wayfaring stranger: (v) since the days of its passing 01:47
	6.	when the curtains of night are pinned back by the stars: (i) prologue 01:56
	7.	when the curtains of night are pinned back by the stars: (ii) nocturne / three bells 03:49
	8.	when the curtains of night are pinned back by the stars: (iii) from the book of old eden 04:34
	9.	when the curtains of night are pinned back by the stars: (iv) sighing softly 01:44
	10.	when the curtains of night are pinned back by the stars: (v) in the sweet bye and bye 05:17
	11.	when the curtains of night are pinned back by the stars: (vi) river of stars 03:02
	12.	when the curtains of night are pinned back by the stars: (vii) epilogue 01:16
	13.	music for the big fill at alum creek, 1974 21:17

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Three archival EPs originally released as 3" CD-Rs.
Download includes additional track, "Il Pleut, Il Pleut" released on Heat Death Records as a business card CD-R.

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I AM A POOR WAYFARING STRANGER
piano, vinyl, cassette tapes, computer
winter 2010
originally released on Heat Death Records

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WHEN THE CURTAINS OF NIGHT ARE PINNED BACK BY THE STARS
guitar, piano, vibraphone, hammered dulcimer, reed organ, violin*, computer
(*) Nick Naegele
originally released on Rural Colours
winter 2011

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MUSIC FOR THE BIG FILL AT ALUM CREEK, 1974
hand-cranked turntable, computer
self-released

In 1974, the city of Delaware, Ohio erected a dam to turn nearby Alum Creek into a reservoir, gradually submerging acres of farmland, homes, cemeteries, etc. Having been born nearly a decade and a half after this event, I was mesmerized when I found a collection of photos taken by my great-grandpa Henry documenting the area before the “big fill.” It brought up a lot of ideas to me about our own ability to erase the past. It seems that sometimes we can make things disappear with almost frightening ease - most of the time, however, we are left with a kind of residue (physical, psychological, etc.) that is almost impossible to erase completely. While I know that the “big fill” left a large portion of Alum Creek’s geographical and cultural history submerged, I can still see evidence of these things in the landscape today - the ghost-forms of an older time. These things can be covered, but not erased.

winter 2012

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released December 26, 2022

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Danny Clay San Francisco, California

chamber music, open forms, found objects, analog media, digital errata, toy instruments, and everything in between.

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