Respires, by Ka Baird

"Symanimagenic" Dir. by Georgia

Respires

by Ka Baird

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– Limited edition of 100 copies pressed on white and red swirled vinyl.
– All LPs come with printed inner sleeve and multi-format digital download code.
– A portion of proceeds from the Respires will go to The International Rescue Committee as part of our Come! Mend! Initiative.

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– All LPs come with printed inner sleeve and multi-format digital download code.
– A portion of proceeds from the Respires will go to The International Rescue Committee as part of our Come! Mend! Initiative

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Artist Edition LP
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– Limited artist LP edition includes one of 20 screen-printed 10"x10" posters designed by Ka Baird. One per customer (this is the same edition of 20 posters that comes with the colored artist edition, split across colored and black vinyl).
– All LPs come with printed inner sleeve and multi-format digital download code.
– A portion of proceeds from the Respires will go to The International Rescue Committee as part of our Come! Mend! Initiative

Includes unlimited streaming of Respires via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Sold Out
Artist Edition Colored Vinyl
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
– All LPs come with printed inner sleeve and multi-format digital download code.
– Limited artist LP edition includes one of 20 screen-printed 10"x10" posters designed by Ka Baird. One per customer (this is the same edition of 20 posters that comes with the black artist edition, split across colored and black vinyl).
– A portion of proceeds from the Respires will go to The International Rescue Committee as part of our Come! Mend! Initiative

Includes unlimited streaming of Respires via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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1.	Pulse 03:02	buy track
2.	Symanimagenic 04:30 video	buy track
3.	Teaching Lodge of the Arrows 11:40	buy track
4.	Azha 02:53	buy track
5.	Spiritus Operis 03:29 video	buy track
6.	Walking 04:14	buy track
7.	Storms Stay Fine 05:09	buy track
8.	The Orion Arm 04:35	buy track

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Respires, the second solo album by Ka Baird, blurs the line between word and action, definition and possibility. Spirited yet restrained, bearing its wildly thrummed heart strings and inner calm alike, Respires ventures toward the unknown, charting the shifting ground of experimental music and the rewards born of risk.

Tapping the ecstatic energy and cathartic experience of Baird’s live sets, pushing the extremes of psychological and physical release, Respires represents an unquestionable leap for an artist already out on a limb. Largely written and recorded across the length of 2018, the eight pieces align as a series of visceral actions, captured, culled, and intricately shaped by Baird, then expanded with contributions from Zach Rowden (bass), Max Eilbacher and Andrew Fitzpatrick (synths), and Greg Fox (drums).

Respires was born from the intertwined etymologies of spirit and breath, the results of Baird’s singular approach to extended vocal technique and radical notions of “body music” which push her performances to uncompromising extremes. Channeling a raw energy from an internal depth, the genetics of Respires construct new bridges of communication, reaching across the perceptual boundaries of spiritual and physical.

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released October 25, 2019

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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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Baltimore, MD

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