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The Light is Real

by Thollem, Terry Riley, Nels Cline

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Other Minds is pleased to present The Light is Real, featuring the trio of Thollem (voice and wavestate synthesizer), Terry Riley (voice), and Nels Cline (electric guitars, effects, and megamouth). This recording is the sixth iteration of the Thollem/Cline trio, with previous installments including performances by William Parker, Pauline Oliveros, and Michael Wimberly.

The origins of this recording go back to an epiphany Thollem experienced in Northern New Mexico during the COVID-19 pandemic. While watching the sunlight stream through a window, two thoughts came to him: “the light is real” and “Terry Riley.” Soon after proposing a collaboration to Riley, the pair were meeting online to vocalize, investigating breath and light together across a 10 hour time difference. Thollem sampled these recordings using his synthesizer and invited Nels Cline to record with him in response to the recordings with Riley. The result of that process is The Light is Real.

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released December 8, 2023

Terry Riley - voice
Thollem - voice and Wavestate
Nels Cline - electric guitars, effects, megamouth

Thollem (NM) and Terry (Japan) duo recorded remotely March 11, 2021 and March 24, 2021.
Mixed by Thollem on a Wavestate.
Thollem and Nels recorded in upstate NY by Yuka C. Honda March 25, 2022.

Executive Producer: Charles Amirkhanian
Producer: Andrew Weathers
Mixed by Thollem
Mastered by Seán Mac Erlaine in Dublin, Ireland
Window image (insert) by Thollem
Mural (insert) by Clare Cresap Villa
Photos (insert) by ACVilla except as noted
Art direction and design by Mark Abramson
Insert photo by Alex Neville

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Thollem San Francisco, California

Thollem is a perpetually traveling pianist, keyboardist, composer, improviser, singer-songwriter, activist, author and teacher. He’s spent most of his life living on the road throughout North America and Europe. His work is ever-changing, evolving and responding to the times and his experiences, both as a soloist and in collaboration with artists across idioms and disciplines along his travels. ... more

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