Fog of Dawn, by Jj Kidder

Fog of Dawn

by Jj Kidder

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joebelknapwall A fantastic, expansive ambient work that combines the symphonic spectral sweep of a film soundtrack with delicate synthesized textures that, on headphones, could as easily be coming from inside your head as from the external world. It rises and falls like moisture in the soil ebbing and soaking back in over long seasons, centuries, and deep time, at once static and always renewing. I hear something new in the mix with every revisitation.

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Theme for Mycorrhiza 44:52

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Life emerged in the oceans. Fungal symbionts and their photosynthetic hosts claimed the land as their new habitat. The first land plants were not alone in making the step from water to land; microbes provided critical support. These organisms may have been carried by moisture evaporating from the ocean surface.

This ambient score was composed for the installation Fog of Dawn, presented at the Science Gallery Detroit, from June 8th to August 17th, 2019 . It accompanies an installation of five translucent globe habitats containing stages of growth of the moss Physcomitrella, one of the most ancient lineages of land plants. The fifth globe projects humanity colonizing Mars. The exhibit was conceived and produced by Sarah Evans, Greg Bonito, Björn Hamberger, Britta Hamberger, Davis Mathieu, and Abby Bryson (with National Science Foundation support).

The musical program was realized over the course of two weeks, using modular and digital synthesizers and algorithmic composition, including chaotic, random and power-law based rules. It has timbral leitmotifs for the conceptual elements: moss, fungi, bacteria, fog and the process of mycorrhiza.

This music is meditative, and is evocative of ecological systems.

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released June 12, 2019

Jj Kidder, modular and keyboard synthesizers

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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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