Sundial became the first project that I actually completed after moving to the US. It's also my first solo project. It was recorded in early spring at Light and Sound Design studio in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. I had spent many months in and out of that top-floor studio, mostly consuming music from others: DJs, live performers and general noise-makers.

After playing a show at LSD during the weekly deep listening series, Vin reached out and asked if I wanted to record something. That afternoon, we recorded on his Nagra tape recorder (what a stunning device!) and then did a digital take. This record is three sections of that second 45 minute live recording – all on my cherished minilogue XD synth.

Soft, wandering, wide-open soundscapes borrowed from the natural world.

Recording Engineer: Vincent Brunetto
Mixing and Mastering: Isaac Teague
Album Art: Dabora

This live session took place in 2022, when I was living upstate in NY. I wouldn’t call it “upstate NY” because Troy tends to exceed the northern bounds of that term. Since Montreal was so close, I’d make journeys to my alma mater town every now and then, typically taking the 3am bus from the infamous Albany greyhound station.

This recording, ‘Left-Brained’, was the culmination of a particular 5-day trip, in which myself, Aaron and Adrian (synth, drums and bass) composed for and then rehearsed for a live show.

It was a torrential downpour on the performance night, and perhaps as a consequence the music felt louder in Bar l’Hemisphere Gauche. The show was recorded and filmed, and this is that.

Drums: Aaron Nadal
Bass: Adrian Iraheta

Sundial

Left Brained (Live)

Refraction

Mobius Trip