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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    "Top 10 contemporary album of 2023" - The Guardian

    Comes in a lovely 6-panel Digipak with a cover-art poster by Fernanda Styzens and a 16-page booklet featuring insights into each piece and photography by Sarah Boudreau.

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

    Also includes a 16-page digital booklet and digital artwork poster

    (Analog mastering by Howie Weinberg.)
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Opening 03:08
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To Hold 03:09
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Resonance I. 03:36
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Esplanade 02:39
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Burijji 05:09
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Niwa 04:14
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Closing 04:40
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RelaxYourEars.com

WHEN AN EXPERIENCE, a relationship, a word, or a sound resonates with us, we remember it because we feel it deeply. The surprise is not that we feel something but that resonance happens from the smallest exchanges to the most awe-inspiring moments. Each has the potential to transform us, individually and collectively. These sixteen pieces grew
from some of my most resonant experiences.

I first experience through my ears, aurally seeing and musically decoding what’s around me. Composing music, in turn, helps me experience renewal by seeing those experiences differently, whether it is the innate resonance and refuge of the Chicago Botanic Gardens or the intimacy of shared love, laughter or tears. I offer my music as part of your interactive landscape with the hope you will pause, reflect, and see yourself an essential part of our beautiful and chaotic world.

Thank you for listening.

Joel Styzens

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released September 29, 2023

Cover Art by Fernanda Styzens
Analog mastering by Howie Weinberg

Joel Styzens: hammered dulcimer, acoustic guitar, additional piano and strings
Sophie Webber: cello
Rob Clearfield: piano
ATLYS (string quartet): Jinty McTavish, Sabrina Tabby, Genevieve Tabby, & Rita Andrade

All compositions by Joel Styzens, except “Heritage Garden,” by Sophie Webber & Joel Styzens.

Cello arrangements by Sophie Webber & Joel Styzens: tracks 1-10, 14, 15. Katinka Kleijn & Joel Styzens: track 13

String Quartet arrangements by Jinty McTavish, Joel Styzens, Sophie Webber, & Ari Fisher:

McTavish/Styzens: tracks 1, 4, 6-9, 14. McTavish/Styzens/Webber: track 3, 5. Styzens/Fisher: track 12, 13. Webber/Styzens/Fisher: track 15.

Recorded & mixed by Rick Barnes at Rax Trax, Chicago, IL
Noise suppression by Andy Shoemaker. Piano recorded by Brennan Mitrolka & Aidan S. Cramer at Transient Sound, Chicago, IL

Mastered by Howie Weinberg, Los Angeles, CA

Cover Art by Fernanda Styzens
Graphic Design by Kevin Rieg
Photography by Sarah Boudreau.
Additional photos by Thuan Ton,
Ben Rando & Marc Safran.

Joel Styzens plays “David’s Dulcimers” and uses “Whamdiddle” hammers.

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All music ℗ and © by Joel Styzens, Relax Your Ears 2023

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Joel Styzens Chicago, Illinois

Joel Styzens is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, teacher & hearing conservation advocate specializing in drums, percussion, guitar, piano & hammered dulcimer.
He has been featured on NPR & in such publications as Time Out, the UK Hearing Times, & The Chicago Tribune.
He continues to compose music for a wide range of projects: film, animation, television, & his own ensemble.
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