FRKWYS Vol. 17: Hungry Shells, by Ka Baird & Pekka Airaksinen

FRKWYS Vol. 17: Hungry Shells

by Ka Baird & Pekka Airaksinen

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— Limited edition of 60 hand numbered, 8.25” x 11” prints featuring Pekka Airaksinen's original painting Where you go there you are.
— Printed on high quality, uncoated paper using a 6-color offset press
—Features "Dark Sky,” a passage from ODO, Pekka’s collection of divinations, on reverse side.
— One time pressing of 1000 LPs with spot gloss jacket, accompanied by a printed insert including artist essays.

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— Limited edition of 60 hand numbered, 8.25” x 11” prints featuring Pekka Airaksinen's original painting Where you go there you are.
— Printed on high quality, uncoated paper using a 6-color offset press
—Features "Dark Sky,” a passage from ODO, Pekka’s collection of divinations, on reverse side.

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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
— One time pressing of 1000 LPs with spot gloss jacket.
— Accompanied by a printed insert including artist essays.

Includes unlimited streaming of FRKWYS Vol. 17: Hungry Shells via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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1.	Big Stone Small Stone 05:03	buy track
2.	Syzygy (For Pekka) 03:33 video	buy track
3.	Parallax 05:33	buy track
4.	Grey Body 04:49	buy track
5.	Roseclouds 04:52	buy track
6.	Variable Star 04:21	buy track
7.	Hungry Shells 09:49	buy track

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Hungry Shells, the seventeenth entry in RVNG Intl.’s intergenerational collaborations series FRKWYS, brings together vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Ka Baird with avant-garde composer and radical performance art pioneer Pekka Airaksinen. Recorded six months before Pekka’s passing, Hungry Shells alchemizes separate but similar spiritualistic practices, canvassing Baird’s voice and synthesizer rituals and Airaksinen’s lysergic sound explorations into startling, surreal landscapes.

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released October 22, 2021

All music composed and performed by Ka Baird and Pekka Airaksinen
Produced, edited and mixed by Ka Baird
Words on "Big Stone Small Stone," "Roseclouds," and "Hungry Shells" are from Pekka Airaksinen's ODO, read and vocalized by Ka Baird
Recorded by Jan Schenk at Muziekhuis (Utrecht, NL)
Production assistance and support by Andrew Osterhoudt
Mastered by Rashad Becker (Berlin, Germany)
Lacquers cut by Andreas [LUPO] Lubich (Berlin, Germany)
Cover painting by Pekka Airaksinen
Photos by Andrew Osterhoudt
Design by WWFG

Deep gratitude to: Le Guess Who?, Matt Werth, Maarit Vainio, Sami Pekkola, Andrew Osterhoudt, Phil Tortoroli

Come! Mend!
On behalf of Ka Baird and Pekka Airaksinen, a portion of the proceeds from this release will benefit Nepal Art House, a non-profit art school that provides free art and cultural education to Nepalese children who have limited resources and opportunities. nepalarthouse.com

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Ka Baird Brooklyn, New York

Ka Baird is a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist living and working in NYC. She is one of the founding members of avant psych project Spires That In The Sunset Rise.
Since relocating to NYC, Baird has set off in numerous directions apart from Spires. Her current work explores piano improvisation, extended vocal techniques, physical movement, and her electronic manipulation of the flute. ... more

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