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A Wild Liberty

by Jj Kidder

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Theme and Bioregion 1 01:39
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2.
Epochs 02:19
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3.
Through the Canopy 04:32
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4.
Cell Membrane 05:03
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Parable 02:42
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Transmission 06:08
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Bioregion 2 04:14
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Resistance As Life 04:28
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Bioregion 3 03:41
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Icicles 02:36
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Bathysphere 04:17
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Euphonia 03:47
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Bioregion 4 05:53
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Lotka Volterra 03:01
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Rain Garden 02:38
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A Wild Liberty 05:20
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about

This album results from collaboration with writer and environmental geologist Grant A. Mincy who reads aloud his essay “A Wild Liberty: The Sixth Mass Extinction.” The three-part essay takes a long view of earth's climatic history, mining in Appalachia, E.O. Wilson's proposal of re-wilding the Earth, and how humankind's cities could be transformed to exist in harmony with the environment.

Composed over the course of two years, the music was matched to the narrative flow of excerpts from the essay, with instrumental tracks that range from avant-garde/noise composition and abstract hip-hop to ambient music.

"At turns moody and soulful, noisy and weird, funky and righteous, A Wild Liberty is a joy to experience... Whether you let the sounds wash over you or take this as a call to action, you’ll want to immerse yourself in the soundscape..."

--Mark Katz, UNC Chapel Hill, author of Groove Music: The Art and Culture of the Hip-Hop DJ, editor of the Journal of the Society for American Music

"With A Wild Liberty, Jj Kidder offers a powerful meditation on the deep environmental and cultural impacts of resource extraction and consumption in the anthropocene. Through a series of evocative electronic and natural soundscapes, Kidder seems to be calling for a radical revisioning of human interaction with the natural world. But, far from a naive call to "return to the land," A Wild Liberty reveals that our collective relationship with the natural world will require deliberate, sustained, and compassionate attention to repair."

--Travis Stimeling, West Virginia University, author of "Music, Place, and Identity in the Central Appalachian Mountaintop Removal Debate"

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released April 22, 2018

Cover photo: William Hanley, III

Modular and keyboard synthesizers, sampling, electric piano, drums, hand percussion and recording by Jj Kidder
Drums on track A Wild Liberty by Corey DeRushia
Additional post-production by Corey DeRushia at Troubadour Recording Studio
The track Parable contains samples from Jesus, My All, to Heaven Is Gone (trad.) performed by Travis Stimeling & Matt Meacham on the album Mountain Clay & Prairie Sod, used by permission.

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Jj Kidder Minneapolis, Minnesota

Jj Kidder plays electronic music with influences from Prince to John Cage. He marries dub and electro to gospel organ and cinematic string arrangements.

He has played at the Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig, Germany, First Avenue’s main stage with Zurround, Cats Cradle with Chapel Hill nerd rockers Eyes to Space, and MonkeyTown, NYC with Anode Glow. ... more

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