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Solo
2020
5 min.
Viola da Gamba
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- Program Notes
- We need each other to survive & thrive. There are no “natural resources,” only other-than-human kin. This notated version of solo viola da gamba improvisations honors Indigenous worldviews & the kin whose bodies form my viola da gamba. White settlers like myself cannot “Save The Planet.” Rather, Indigenous people are best equipped to lead a future based on positive, mutualistic multispecies relationships. This album thinks with the worldview of the Pvlvcekolv community, with whom I am grateful to have a relationship, & seeks to follow their lead. All of “the Americas” are still Indigenous lands. This album was recorded on the traditional, ancestral, & unceded lands of Powhatan, edited, mixed, (& subsequently notated for this edition) in those of the Susquehannock & Piscataway, & mastered on those of the Tsalaguwettyi. But what does sharing this information actually do for these communities? While the Pvlvcekolv community receives a portion of the proceeds, respecting Indigenous sovereignty & enacting environmental justice & #landback require more than an album & some liner notes. So, what to do? Listen to Indigenous people & communities, learn who our kin are & how to relate with them. Divest from megacorporations, make & fix rather than buy & toss, grow food & buy local, rethink “pest control” in our homes & bodies. Band together to effect change, & vote. These are some good ways to start. —Niccolo Seligmann
- Recording Notes
- Niccolo Seligmann, composer, viola da gamba, mixing, editing Tom Illmensee, recording engineer Mike Monseur, mastering engineer
- Record Label
- Split Log Productions
- Ensemble Name
- Niccolo Seligmann