Balsams, by Chuck Johnson

Balsams

by Chuck Johnson

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Crashy88 Oh, oh, oh: this was one of the most beautiful albums of 2017. Pedal steel guitar at its finest and most mysterious.

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The 2017 album Balsams now on cassette, with two previously unreleased bonus tracks.

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	1.	Calamus 05:10
	2.	Riga Black 06:38
	3.	Moonstone 09:04
	4.	Eye on the Sparrow 07:15
	5.	Labradorite Eye 05:19
	6.	Balm of Gilead 07:52

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Chuck Johnson's pedal steel guitar debut delivers a group of pieces for ambient meditation. Recorded in a single two-week session during late 2015, and subsequently arranged/constructed/treated in the studio in spring of 2016, Balsams is awash in layers of tonal perfection. The album constantly evolves while maintaining a unified approach across both sides. Balsams is a record that lives outside genre and time, one that continues to develop with each successive deep listen. A unique expansion in the VDSQ catalog, Balsams is an album created in the hopes of providing solace and regenerative energies for many years to come.

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released June 2, 2017

Chuck Johnson: pedal steel guitar, synthesizers, treatments

Recorded and mixed by Chuck Johnson at Cirrus Oxide Studios, Oakland, CA
Mastered by Jeffrey Yellen
Cover design by Rob Carmichael, SEEN

All music published by Sruti Music (ASCAP)

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Recordings available from VDSQ, Three Lobed, Trouble in Mind, Strange Attractors Audio House, Scissor Tail Editions, Communion, and Amish, among others.

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