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From the Muddy Banks of the Nooksack

by John Swanke

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    Translucent blue cassette tape. Hand-written muddy label, dubbed at home. Only 50 copies available.

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    A pastel blue, lo-fi, cassette tape. My first ever tangible release. Recorded and mixed to tape at home.

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Lummi Shore 03:28
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Earth Stove 02:22
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Squall 02:59
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Ebb 02:00
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Slack 02:00
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Flood 10:07

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"John Swanke has been working under his own name for years, producing a lovely form of solo orchestral guitar music for ever-expanding horizons. The latest self-released album From the Muddy Banks of the Nooksack is a collection of mostly acoustic guitar works, elegantly formed with field recordings from nature around his local Bellingham, Washington, and complemented by waves of organic drone, blooming into beautiful new shapes.

The formula seems simple, but some of the best recipes have very few ingredients. It’s the high level of playing and sonic choices that Swanke makes that brings the work into sharp focus. We hear sounds of fire and crackling oxygen, these elemental essences help to understand the deepest natural root of the music. In a recording from a recent live performance, the artist states that a specific piece was inspired by intently watching the family of birds currently nesting in the blackberry bushes on his property, while another song is inspired by the recent flooding of the surrounding coastal Washington area. The music carries an intimate connection to the landscape surrounding it, and the air between spaces, bringing a sense of natural harmonic resonance and connection to environment that infinitely resonates.

Links form and gently release. We witness the circular cycle, a timeless transformation. Swanke has recently self-released this lovely work via Bandcamp as a limited edition DIY cassette and digital album. More than a “guitar record”, this music catches you gently, and lightly embeds itself into your subconscious. There are still a few physical copies available as of writing, do yourself a favor directly. Thaw season couldn’t arrive any sooner."

- Matthew Himes/Free Form Freakout

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released February 4, 2022

A collection of field recordings, drone and guitar. Recorded at home November 2021 - January 2022.

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John Swanke Washington

Guitarist and home recorder living on Camano Island.

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