Manifolds of Partially Actualized Realities [LP]

Randall Dunn - Manifolds of Partially Actualized Realities [LP]

Manifold of Partially Actualized Realities is the new album on Kou Records by Randall Dunn — producer, composer, and one of the most distinctive architects of low-end and spatial sound in contemporary music, known for his work with Sunn O))), Oneohtrix Point Never, and David Torn.

The album is a meditation on fractured realities, time, and mortality — a mirror that folds back on itself, and on how events of the future affect the past. Its animating spirit is Philip K. Dick's "pink light experience" of 1974. Across four pieces, Dunn deploys an arsenal of vintage synthesizers — Korg MonoPoly, Korg MS-20, PPG Wave, CS-80, Juno-60, Waldorf Strings, Fizmo — alongside an exceptional ensemble cast. Spoken word by Jim Jarmusch and Laima Leyton anchor two of the four pieces in language without explaining them. The album moves from orchestral chamber writing through electroacoustic abstraction to a final piece, "Ayn," that opens into ecstatic jazz featuring Cyro Baptista, Briggan Krauss, Henry Fraser, Charmaine Lee, and Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe.

Produced, mixed, and recorded by Randall Dunn at Circular Ruin. Mastered by Ben Greenberg. Front and back cover artwork by Steve Rude.