Album Notes

COMPOSER STATEMENT

'I Am Sound' begins with the heartbeat of my first child (recorded while still in my wife Hannah's womb), concludes with a sound-art experiment in wine glass clinking, and is fleshed in between with a body of twelve tonal compositions.

I call my style "American Contemplative". To all of the musicians and engineers who participated in this album over the several months of its production, I sing 'thank you'.


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ENDORSEMENTS OF MATTHEW'S ARTISTRY

Beautiful - Willow Pearson
Brilliant - Philip Rubinov Jacobson
Deeply integral - Sean Esbjorn-Hargens
Inspiring to me - Stuart Davis

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BIOGRAPHY

Matthew Dallman is a composer, classically trained in the European and American traditions, and also a poet and aesthetics scholar. He is the editor-in-chief of POLYSEMY arts journal, which he founded in 2005, and a student of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew languages.

He has independently released four albums of original compositions, received commissions to compose for four wedding ceremonies, and has scored five independent films. He has worked with chamber ensembles, vocal ensembles, jazz and rock combos, and solo instruments both acoustic and electronic. His music has been performed in venues in Los Angeles, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Boston, New York City, Boulder, and Chicago.
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COVER ART

Artwork courtesy of Jeff Lohrius - www.bijahealingarts.com. Many thanks to Jeff.

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DETAILED TRACK INFO

01 Womb Boom (0:40)
heart: The Bean. womb: Hannah Dallman. doppler: Martha Kaempfe.

02 Who Am I Motet (5:01)
voices: Christine Kelner, Doug Kelner, & Bill Chin. sound engineer: BSR.

03 Theme from The Unforgivable Thing (2:20)
violin: Kale Olson-Reed. guitar: MD. sound engineer: Andrew Carlson.

04 - 06 Suite for Bliss Followed
(1:40, 3:41, 3:16)
I. To Open
II. To Cry
III. First Kiss
violin: Kale Olson-Reed. sax: Adam Maas. mbira: MD. sound engineer: Andrew Carlson.

07 A Whirling Tango (3:12)
marimba: Jennie Dorris. sound engineer: Jason Digges.

08 A Monk in the World Plainchant (3:03)
voice: MD.

09 - 13 A Monk in the World Suite (3:05, 2:07, 2:56, 3:16, 1:03)
I. Inhale In C
II. Thought in E
III. Witness In Ab
IV. Release In E
V. Exhale In C
piano: MD.

14 Salud Humana: An Experiment With Wine Glasses (8:53)
sound-art direction: MD. glasses: Hannah Dallman, Mark Raterman, MD.