Iterations, by Old Fire

Iterations

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Anthony Childs Stunning collection of additional material from the Voids sessions. Ambient, orchestral, songwriting that both expands and can focus your consciousness, just like sitting by the fire pit with a intensely quiet and collaborative conversation passing by, over, through you, taking and leaving you as you decide where you want to go. Even so, this really shouldn't be so under the radar. Highly recommended (for all their releases). Favorite track: Void VI: It's Not What You Remember, It's What You Can't Forget.

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1.	Blue Strings (ft. Emily Cross) 03:35	buy track
2.	Mephisto (ft. Bill Callahan) 04:29	buy track
3.	Void V: Ungone 04:56	buy track
4.	Old Grief (Part I) 04:42	buy track
5.	Old Grief (Part II) 04:51	buy track
6.	Void VI: It's Not What You Remember, It's What You Can't Forget 06:01	buy track
7.	Void VII: Because You Are Gone 04:41	buy track

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Iterations is the continuation of the narrative established with Old Fire's full length album Voids. Old Fire's writer and producer, John Mark Lapham, explains that these songs were recorded in the same span of time, a very fruitful period: “With the way I record for Old Fire, I get so much material recorded with the various contributors that it's oftentimes hard to switch off the construction process. I get really immersed in these recordings and keep going until there's nowhere left to go. As for the alternate versions on this mini album, ‘Blue Strings’ and ‘Mephisto,’ I got inspiration while working on the original versions, and knew there was a different way of presenting them. Especially in the case of ‘Blue Strings’ and its sister track ‘Blue Star,’ I really wanted to strip away all the drums and other dynamics and put it into this other, softer, ethereal space. I don't see this as a remix, it's just a different chapter for that particular story. Same for Bill's track ‘Mephisto’ that was sourced from ‘Corpus.’ These songs felt like only half the story was told initially, so I wanted to flesh out these other iterations, and see where they went. As for the other tracks on the album, these are branches stretching out of the suite that took up the second half of Voids. I kept building that suite and taking it to different places, but certainly didn't want to present a triple album to the label, so opted to hold some back to keep it cohesive. I see these new parts as a continuation, and completion, of the story.”

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released November 3, 2023

Iterations features producer / programmer John Mark Lapham and collaborations with: Emily Cross, Bill Callahan, Thor Harris, Joe Ryan, Robb Kidd, Alex Hutchins, Robin Allender, Johnny Pontiac, Semay Wu, Richard Reidel, Audrey Harrer, Joseph Shabason, Christian Madden, Rishi Dhir and Bob Hoffnar.

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Old Fire Abilene, Texas

Old Fire is a collaborative project helmed by Texas-based producer and programmer John Mark Lapham (The Earlies/Late Cord/MIEN).

New album, Voids, features vocals by Bill Callahan, Emily Cross, Adam Torres, and Julia Holter along with a diverse group of musicians. The full length album is out now on Western Vinyl. ... more

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