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Is it Going To Get Any Deeper Than This? (Zero Draft)

by The Soft Pink Truth

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A “zero draft” is a messy, rough space where new things can emerge without fear of judgment.

During the creation of the “Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?” album, I asked Angel Deradoorian to sing variations on the phrase “Is it going to get any deeper than this?” for me. After the “Shall We Go On” album was completed, I found I kept returning to this part of her performance and trying to build music around the sound of her voice singing those words. Eventually, having made some basslines and keyboard riffs and drum patterns that seemed to interlock with Angel, I passed the patterns on to Úna Monaghan and asked her to play a harp solo for me. Imagining how it might sound with a fuller string arrangement, I also asked Ulaş Kurugüllü to adapt my patterns and multi-track himself playing violin, viola and cello along with what I had built out of Angel and Úna.

Bringing all of these elements together, stretching them out, and putting them in dub, the result is this “zero draft.” While you can definitely hear that this is a demo—there are imperfections, the piano sounds a bit distorted, sometimes things just simmer / hover in place—I thought that people who admire longform music might enjoy hearing something made simply for the pleasure of assemblage. In time, this “zero draft” became the seedbed for many of the songs that eventually sprouted on the “Is it Going To Get Any Deeper Than This?” double album on Thrill Jockey: some parts became “Trocadero”, some parts became elements in “Wanna Know”, etc.

This is the raw, first-thought-best-thought beginning of that project. I hope you enjoy it.

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released April 28, 2023

Drew Daniel: Piano, Percussion, Sampling, Sequencing, Processing, Effects, Mix

Angel Deradoorian: Singing

Úna Monaghan: Harp

Ulaş Kurugüllü : Violin, Viola, Cello, String Arrangements

Recorded at our homes in Baltimore, New York and Istanbul.

Mastered by Jeff Carey

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The Soft Pink Truth Baltimore, Maryland

The Soft Pink Truth is the solo alter ego of Drew Daniel, one half of celebrated Baltimore-based electronic duo Matmos.

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