KM024: Rod Hamilton "Toad Lily"

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Rod Hamilton 'Toad Lily' Cassette - edition of 50

With original cover artwork commissioned from Baltimore-based visual artist Austin Redwood (www.austinredwood.com). Dubbed at KMAN HQ on studio-quality decks. Double sided color j-card also contains a photo of Rod's home studio.

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KMAN is proud to present its next release, a series of recordings of synthetic mallet music entitled "Toad Lily".

Rod Hamilton is a Baltimore-based percussionist, music educator, and composer. He primarily performs improvised music on the vibraphone and marimba. Rod’s work is inspired by minimalism, jazz, repetition, and new age. He has released music on Sounds of the Dawn, Ehse Records, and Player Press, and has composed for a variety of settings, including ensemble, sound installation, film, and dance.

"Toad Lily" is a collection of improvisations for mallet-triggered synthesizer and electronic percussion.

Reviews:

"Not sure how I missed Baltimore artist Rod Hamilton all these years but I messed up. Toad Lily is his latest and it’s a brilliant mix of rhythmic new age jazz. Also, bonus points to Hamilton cause he guests on the new Zachary Utz release that some label (my label) is releasing next month." - Sound as Language

soundaslanguage.tumblr.com/post/649920689712873472/best-of-march-2021

released March 19, 2021

Music recorded by Rod Hamilton at home in Baltimore, MD, using a 1979 Korg Rhythm 55 drum machine and a 1985 Roland JX-8P controlled by a MalletKat.

The songs are all titled after plants he planted with his wife in their garden, Spring 2020.

“Sky Pencil” and “Fire Star” are recordings of wind chimes he created using electrical conduit pipes for Fields Festival, Darlington, MD, August 2016.
Mixed and mastered by Rob Girardi.

Cover art by Austin Redwood.

Digital album available here: rodhamilton.bandcamp.com/album/toad-lily

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