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Space expLore; Terrestrial Firestorm 05:41
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We could explore space! And yet within our tormented sphere Our myopic race To a cliff steers. And yet outer space, To this point For all the prattle About Martian colonies-- As we stare into Fermian lenses Exploring space While Earth self-immolates, Is more frontier lore Than plausible anymore.
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Asimov Musings, and a Doomsday Nocturne 03:06
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ExoResonant (live from the SPLICE Festival 2019) 07:29
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ExoResonance 04:04
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In the words of Robert Frost:

But outer Space,
At least this far,
For all the fuss
Of the populace
Stays more popular
Than populous

As the terrestrial world crumbles beneath environmental devastation, international conflict, and crippling fear of a future without guarantee, the idea of exploring space seems to grow more distant. This short album looks at the improbability of exploring the last frontier in the current state of the world (track one), the dysphoria and existential crisis a newly-sentient robot may feel (track two, and finally the perception and validity of exoplanets based on interpretations of the Fermi Paradox (track three).

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released July 29, 2019

Track One

Tenor - Julian Cary

Percussion - Henry Tucker Delargy

Piano - Spencer Zweifel

Lyrics:

We could explore space!
And yet within our tormented sphere
Our myopic race
To a cliff steers.

And yet outer space,

To this point
For all the prattle
About Martian colonies--
As we stare into Fermian lenses
Exploring space
While Earth self-immolates,

Is more frontier lore
Than plausible anymore.

Track Two

Soprano sax - Sam Hesch

Alto sax - Beth Wamsley

Tenor sax - Jeff Borrett

Baritone sax - David Dumesnil

Track Three

Alto sax - Justin Massey

Track Four

Oboe - Michael Ochoa

Guitar - Conner Shaw

Piano - Daniel Thompson

Percussion - Henry Tucker Delargy

Tracks one, two, and four recorded, mixed, and mastered by Greg Heimbecker at the University of Northern Colorado Recording Studio.

Track three recorded and mixed by Christopher Biggs at Western Michigan University during the 2019 SPLICE Music Festival.

All music and sound recordings © ℗ C.L. Shaw Music.

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C.L. Shaw (Conner Leigh Shaw) Colorado

C.L. Shaw (Conner Shaw, b. 1996) is a composer and guitarist from Greeley, Colorado. He has composed pieces for a variety of chamber ensembles, chamber orchestra, and electronics. He specializes in composing works that involve voice interacting with instrumentalists. Shaw’s major influences include American composers such as Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, and George Crumb. ... more

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