putnam forest (instrumentals)Album (work in progress)Unofficially released January 2023
putnam forest (instrumentals) is a site-specific album, recorded in an apartment at the corner of Putnam Ave. and Forest Ave. in Ridgewood, Queens. Each song is recorded with windows open, recording sounds outside simultaneous to the recording inside. The album blends the sonic environment of the site with the intimacy of a built, enclosed domesitc sonic sphere. Like harttape (below), in some songs you can hear the M train arriving and departing from the Forest Ave stop, and the vent from Bosna Express plays a pretty constant role in the project. Sitting with the concept that “putnam forest” suggests, the album imagines what it would mean for that intersection to one day become, again, forrest, and what life is/would/will be like in the universe of that eventual future.
Many thanks to Jack for allowing this to happen in our shared home.