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1.
Preparation 02:05
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2.
Rites and Rituals 04:45
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3.
Between Beliefs and Laws 00:31
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4.
Ancestral Winds 03:36
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5.
Rites of Migration 06:30
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6.
Other Realms feat. Stuart Bogie 10:00
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7.
Transformation 03:39
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Ancient City holds in its sound world a beauty based on nature and rhythms of the land. It opens in a forest and ends in a town square with the three main characters, Dave, Marlon, and Paola, transformed by the rites and rituals of life. We incorporated field samples — from water, to foley inspired moments —wanting them to feel hard-edged against the rich tapestry of layered sound. Ancient City is about ordinary and magical lives, and it forces one to submit to an abstract world — a film guided by the invisible — from sounds of nature to the human voice, encouraging us to look at every day decisions and their consequences in a deeply human way. Every life holds ancestral guidance, and every person often masks their identity, with ceremonies and rituals binding disparate lives and moments, adding meaning and cogency across different cultures and societies. Ancient City is enigmatic, symbolic, ceremonial, concealing, mystical, sacred, cultural, theatrical and in the end, we hope, transformative.

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released April 4, 2024

Paola Prestini, composition, vocals
Dave Nelson, trombone, looper, electronics, voice and improvisations
Marlon Patton, drums, percussion, Moog bass, electronics and improvisations
Stuart Bogie, clarinet
Produced by Paola Prestini, Dave Nelson and Marlon Patton

Recorded at Bone Hollow Recording
Mixed by Dave Nelson
Mastered by Tyler McDiarmid

Design by Scott Devendorf
Styled by Nicholas K
Photography by Marco Valentin
Masks by Julian Crouch

For VisionIntoArt:
Paola Prestini, Co-Founder & Co-Artistic Director
Jeffrey Zeigler, Co-Artistic Director
Ras Dia, Producing Director
Paige Lester, Managing Producer
Daniella Omeruo, Marketing & Production Associate
Jill Steinberg, Photographer and Board Chair

© Paola Prestini Publishing, ASCAP
DNel Music, ASCAP
Marlon Patton Music, BMI

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