Pale Blue, by Glen Whitehead

Pale Blue

by Glen Whitehead

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1.	Pale Blue 10:06	info	buy track
2.	Dawn of the Din 08:51	info	buy track
3.	M(aias)aura: the Legend of Smetty 06:34	info	buy track
4.	Dreaming at a Distance 06:29	info	buy track
5.	Wilderness of Mirrors 07:04	info	buy track
6.	Pila del Ángel 09:00	info	buy track
7.	4 Wai 06:00	info	buy track

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When Glen Whitehead goes trekking he carries a microphone, sometimes his trumpet, and always ears set wide open. Every trip is a chance to dwell upon potential musical structures inherent in a particular place and coax them into sensible form. Pale Blue – named after the planet we inhabit – is no ordinary audio postcard home. It documents Whitehead’s grand quest to fuse music exploration, improvisation, and environmental immersion. He digs up sonic materials from a vast swath of locations, through the musical syntax of the earth, participation in its natural theater, and the intertwining of geophonic, anthrophonic, and biophonic (earth-, human-, and life-) ensembles.

Making stories that take their cue from our sounding world – parables of the anthrophony, you might say – brings new awareness to our living systems and how we relate to them (or don’t, sometimes at our peril). Whitehead’s practice and discipline brings together earth music, trumpet, and sound processing, with field recordings from Colorado, France, Greece, Hawaii, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Turkey, and Wyoming. You might hear the headwaters of the Rio Grande River, drafty garages in France, the first dinosaur in space, coyotes, cicadas, or a hotel rooftop in Istanbul. It all feels dreamily connected and real.

I can’t believe my eyes,
the immersive plasma of Earth-sound
a wilderness of mirrors
reflects space without form,
The dawn of the din
when life learned to hear and sing
is dreaming at a distance
of the closing soundtrack
with a crescendo from the before-times,
and still the world goes on

— Glen Whitehead

Whatungarongaro te tangata, toitū te whenua
While man disappears from sight, the land remains

— He Whakataukī - Māori proverb

As a trumpet artist and composer, Glen Whitehead explores improvisational phenomena, interactive communication and environmental collaboration between living cultures, technologies and the natural world. Whitehead’s background includes international appearances as a solo artist along with theEcoSono Ensemble, The New Zealand Māori ensemble Wai, Psychoangelo, the Bottesini Ensemble, Nexus Brass and more. He has composed for theatre and dance, commissioned works from composers including concertos by Matthew Burtner, Cuong Vu, and Dr. George Lewis. His recording, “the Living Daylights” (2018) on pfMENTUM remained on the top 10 of experimental and jazz radio playlists across the U.S. for over a year. With Michael Theodore, Psychoangelo’s release panauromni was listed on the top ten albums by Chicago Time Out. He recorded two albums with O’Keefe / Stanyek / Walton / Whitehead – Tunnel and Unbalancing Acts on Circumvention and 9Winds Records, performed solo trumpet on Tania by Anthony Davis, and was principal trumpet on the soundtrack for Everquest. He teaches at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.

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released March 9, 2023

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Glen Whitehead Colorado Springs, Colorado

Glen Whitehead, D.M.A. is a trumpet and ecoacoustic artist. He explores improvisational phenomena, and environmental collaboration between living cultures and the natural world. He has been featured on numerous recordings, residencies, and music festivals. Whitehead is a Professor at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs and Chair of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts. ... more

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