Rural Deceased Undiscovered

Description

The first vinyl from California-based composer Phil Geraldi, 'Rural Deceased Undiscovered', refines and reinterprets his initial inspiration—an interstitial Americana—through eleven mosaics of molten glass blending treated guitars, dilapidated radio reverb, and Harmonia synthesizer horizons. He describes his vision for these pieces as "multilinear," rearranging classic elements of the radio repertoire—melodies, refrains, and emotional accents—to integrate them into unprecedented topographies of a "foreign country." Fragments of acoustic guitar and pedal steel glimmer in the long shadows of amplifier hum and radio static, evoking the scrambled broadcasts of a Midwest station lost on a desert highway. This is music both rustic and uprooted, distorted by the elements and technology, shimmering like northern lights above the badlands.