If Not Now, by Meredith Bates

If Not Now

by Meredith Bates

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	1.	Mountain Bird Suite Part I 45:26
	2.	Mountain Bird Suite Part II 25:10
	3.	Broken Music Part I 14:19
	4.	Broken Music Part II 37:58

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Largely known for her work with the Juno award winning, indie art-rock band, Pugs & Crows, and the chamber-pop group, Gentle Party, Vancouver violinist, Meredith Bates, presents her first solo recording, ‘If Not Now’. Reminiscent of works by William Basinksi and Kara Lis Coverdale, this double album is an epic, ambient music masterpiece featuring layers of processed violin and viola presented in two long form compositions.

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released December 18, 2020

Meredith Bates - violin, viola & electroacoustic processing
produced by Chris Gestrin

Thanks to the Western Front in Vancouver, the Banff Centre for the Arts, Tiny Lights, and the Ymir Schoolhouse for providing such beautiful spaces in which to create. Thank you to the First Nations people on whose unceded territories these spaces are built. So much of this music is about being in right relationship to the land and the lives it holds. Thanks to Chris Gestrin for the encouragement and direction throughout the whole process. Finally, thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts and the BC Arts Council for their generous support. This album is a genuine labour of love and was made in the spirit of peace, togetherness, and, above all else, joy.

Mountain Bird Suite recorded September 22-23, 2020
at the Old Schoolhouse in Ymir, BC
Broken Music recorded April 24-29 and May 2-5, 2020
at Public Alley 421 in Coquitlam, BC
All music composed by Meredith Bates ©2020 SOCAN
Recording, editing, mixing and mastering by Chris Gestrin

Cover photograph by Melvin Yap (www.eastvanguard.com)
Additional photographs and layout by Chris Gestrin

"This sounds like broken music." - Silas Gestrin-Bates

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