the barossa meditations

by spike mason

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1.	cessation 01:26	buy track
2.	shuffling back 03:46	buy track
3.	lost perspective 02:50	buy track
4.	gazing inwards 04:19	buy track
5.	house of mirrors 02:15	buy track
6.	hallways 02:19	buy track
7.	holding patterns 03:28	buy track
8.	reverie 01:33	buy track
9.	under and over 02:14	buy track
10.	entente 03:44	buy track
11.	theatrical enactment 03:09	buy track
12.	unfolding 02:14	buy track
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about

At the end of August last year, my father, who lives with us and is very healthy, mysteriously shut down completely overnight. He was unable to move, talk, eat, or anything. He was in hospital for 10 days, and when he came home I became his full-time carer. I immediately stopped playing gigs, researching my PhD, and teaching. I cared for him for 5 months, in which time he slowly recovered. Strangely and frustratingly, even though he had many tests at the hospital, we still have no diagnosis or reason as to why he got sick or why he miraculously got better, regaining his full health...

During those 5 months I started playing short solo improvised piano pieces each night just before I would go to sleep. I was too exhausted to do anything else and wanted to keep playing music somehow. I would simply put my hands down on the keys and play.

One night I thought - 'I should record these improvisations.’ So I began recording them from that time, and stopped when I had 100 pieces. I listened back to them all, and then chose some of them that seemed to fit together. I then added other instruments, saxophone, electric bass, and virtual sounds, until I had what sounded like an album.

I hope the music connects with you 🩵

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released July 9, 2023

all instruments played by and improvisations composed by :: spike mason

recorded in tasmania at spiral studio between september 2022 and march 2023
mixed in launceston by jack mclaine jackmclaine.com.au
mastered in sydney by james kennedy

cover art :: christie lange

special thanks to :: lilia, mira, jonno warwick, louise denson, canyon, hard yards, karlin love, ian chia, ade ishs, melissa rogers, and tj

'the barossa meditations' is my 12th album in 12 years and is lovingly dedicated to my dad Barry.

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spike mason TAS, Australia

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- playing the saxophone since before the internet was invented...

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