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Landfall

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LL: One night about four weeks into the residency, I was feeling homesick and low, so I skipped dinner and wanted to be alone. I had been working on a piece where I wanted to “break” harmony without it being perceptible. I wanted it to resemble the passage of time: things change six months or a year down the line even though you go through the same routine day after day and don’t notice it’s happening. This tune starts in C major and modulates through four keys. By the end, we’re in E major. It took a whole evening to solve the musical puzzle of this song.

NK: Red Tide crept into local waters a few weeks after we arrived. We couldn’t swim in the gulf anymore, and the air stung. I took a long walk on the beach one day and saw a mother and her kid standing over a seagull lying on the beach, flat on its belly with its wings spread out, looking dead. I joined them and saw that the bird was just barely alive, poisoned and limp. They said they had seen it wash ashore. After a hesitant attempt to grab it the gull flew out to sea again, weak and wobbling like it was drunk before washing ashore a second time. This time, I wrapped it firmly in a hotel towel, and ran back the long stretch of beach to find help at the residency. By foot, by golf cart, and by boat, the Laughing Gull was brought to a rescue center. I was told not to get my hopes up, but the gull survived and a week later he was strong enough to be released.

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from the sTans, released March 6, 2020
Credits:
Composed by: Lisa Liu
Lyrics and vocals: Nina Katchadourian
Piano: Lisa Liu
Recorded at the Rauschenberg Foundation on Captiva Island, FL and Rift Studios, Brooklyn and mixed by Pete Weiss and Tom Gardner

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Lisa Liu is a Brooklyn-based guitarist. Nina Katchadourian is a Brooklyn and Berlin-based visual artist and singer. They met while they were fellows at the Rauschenberg Residency on Captiva Island, FL in late 2018 and decided to collaborate. This album is the result. ... more

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