THE TOPOGRAPHY OF ASCENDING FRAMEWORKS

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1.	Cycles In Time 05:35	buy track
2.	Quicksand 06:42	buy track
3.	Helicopters 06:34	buy track
4.	The Warning Bell 06:23	buy track
5.	Lights In The Sky 05:45	buy track
6.	Falling To Earth 06:04	buy track
7.	In Memoriam Lauren Hynde 06:57	buy track
8.	So We Beat On, Boats Against The Current 11:02	buy track

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The Topography of Ascending Frameworks marks the final instalment of the Constructions Trilogy; a longform conceptual recording project that explored a large scale idea-based framework to guide improvised composition. The trilogy began in 2011 with The Geography of Collapsing Structures, a study of deconstructive forces as applied to composition. In 2012, Cycle~ 440 recorded The Cartography of Shifting Planes, an exploration of the musical potential of the line and of constant variation through minimal gestures. Finally, 2015's The Topography of Ascending Frameworks explores the power of growth, utilising musical structures characterised by excessive development & departure.

The Topography of Ascending Frameworks boasts a strikingly scientific title, but it is by no means a cold or clinical listen. It ticks forward with quiet, sanguine momentum, bubbles under its still surface, surges with warped strands of noise pitted against contemplative piano chords & seethes with ominous drones & unsettling oscillations. Every moment exudes a unique blend of granular detail & zoomed-out expansiveness.

- Lyndon Blue

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released August 1, 2015

Composed/performed by Sam Gillies & Kevin Penkin

Recorded by Charlie Young
Mastered by Stuart James & Jake Craig

Cover image by Naomi RIddle
Design & Layout by Webuyyourkids

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Cycle~ 440 Perth, Australia

Cycle~ 440 is the semi-improvisational electro-acoustic duo of Sam Gillies and Kevin Penkin that fuses acoustic piano with extensive laptop sampling and processing to create alternating soundscapes of extreme fragility and overwhelming density.

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