To Will a Space Into Being

by Josh Semans

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A deluxe 180g 12" transparent vinyl record, featuring the music of 'To Will a Space Into Being' coupled with an exclusive hand-assembled booklet of additional artwork printed on transparent paper.

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A hand-poured concrete* cast of the artwork featured on the cover of 'To Will A Space Into Being', celebrating the influence of brutalist architecture on the making of the record.

Each sculpture is numbered, and comes bundled with a download card for the full album here on Bandcamp.

On average, each sculpture measures 10cm x 10cm x 2.7cm, and weighs 545g. Do note that each sculpture will be uniquely imperfect due to inconsistencies that can arise during the casting process.

*I say concrete, it's actually an acrylic polymer-modified cementitious composite called Jesmonite AC730. It looks like concrete, it feels like concrete, it is technically concrete...but it superior to concrete for these sorts of applications...trust me.

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1.	To Will a Space Into Being 03:42	buy track
2.	First Traces of Infrastructure 02:52	buy track
3.	In Shafts of Dust & Light 03:12	buy track
4.	Intramural 2 04:03	buy track
5.	In Atria 03:46	buy track
6.	Polyhedral 04:13	buy track
7.	Ferric 03:44	buy track
8.	Last Traces of Infrastructure 03:39	buy track
9.	Intramural 1 04:27	buy track
10.	A Space 03:51	buy track
11.	Monolith 05:21	buy track
12.	Echo Chamber 02:48	buy track

about

Following his debut album and two EPs, Hidden Notes Records are proud to announce the release of Josh Semans’ sophomore full-length album; To Will A Space Into Being.

Released on September 15th 2023, the album comprises ondes Martenot, Juno 6, and a string quartet, represented visually by manipulated AI imagery.

For his latest project, Josh has created a world that is entirely his own; combining the retro-futuristic sound of the vintage Juno 6 synthesiser; the classically-coded string quartet; and the otherworldly ondes Martenot - one of the earliest electronic instruments, born in the trenches of the First World War.

The artwork for this album has been created by Miriam Bean as part of her ‘These Places Do Not Exist’ project. Working collaboratively with artificial intelligence, she carefully prompts imagery into existence to then be curated and manipulated using a variety of digital and manual techniques. Almost 300 versions of the album artwork were made, and carefully examined before a selection was made to be worked-on.

Adam Hinks’ (graphic designer and Hidden Notes co-founder) graphical contributions to the vinyl packaging utilise similar techniques; digital text made physical, distorted by hand on the way back into the computer.

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released September 15, 2023

Josh Semans - ondes Martenot, Juno 6, and other machines.

Natalie Purton - Violin
Christine Anderson - Viola
Liz Hanks - Cello
Mhairi Simpson - Double Bass

Strings recorded by Biff & Dan at WR Audio
Produced, mixed, and mastered by Josh Semans

Artwork by Miriam Bean

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