Hypermyth, by Signal Quest

Hypermyth

by Signal Quest

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1.	Sparking Node Network 02:43	buy track
2.	Tide Pool Portals to Another World 05:57	buy track
3.	Echo Amulet (feat. Briana Marela) 01:03	buy track
4.	Save Point Sanctuary 03:46	buy track
5.	moonVR 00:41	buy track
6.	p2p_CRYSTALRUINS 04:07	buy track
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8.	Real-Time Renders of Rippling Caustics 04:33	buy track
9.	Spirit Tech 10:53	buy track

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Hypermyth opens suddenly with an enrapturing ambience of electronics, saxophone, and galactic clatter. We’ve fallen headfirst into Signal Quest's sonic palette, stepping through a flickering screen into wide open space filled with the blossoming collaboration between members Lynn Avery, Cole Pulice, and Mitch Stahlmann. Hypermyth is the trio’s second full release and their first under the moniker Signal Quest, shedding a placeholder acronym of their names, LCM, for a name engendering a more fitting ethos of their continued electro-acoustic forays.

Signal Quest began as a friendship and participation in the vibrant music scene of Minneapolis, MN before the three found their way west, landing in Oakland, CA. Their partnership extends to each other’s solo works – see Stahlmann’s electro-acoustic album “Into the Wish”, the tranquil digital watercolors on Avery’s project Iceblink, and Pulice’s astral saxophone works under their own name and as a duo with Avery. This latest release speaks to the synergy of each artist's input and a well developed language of improvisation developed individually and in union.

In their debut self-titled release, Signal Quest succeeded at creating a glowing ambience out of sprawling textures and playful patterns. Hypermyth builds on this original recipe and pushes their music into deeper water; the hues richer, more varied and dynamic. The album also takes palpable influence from the music of 90s video games, specifically the graphic adventure game Myst. Beyond the aesthetics, this music is inspired by the dynamic nature of the game’s soundtrack within the RPG domain, a digital narrative evoking pixelated roaming and introverted investigation across grand sonic landscapes teeming with surprises, curious dialogue, and imagined sprawl.

Signal Quest’s music and formation also participates in an ongoing brew of electronic music and improvisation that steeps in the Bay Area down to its bedrock, from institutions like Mills College, the San Francisco Tape Music Center, and ensembles like Sonic Arts Union. It joins a continuum of composers like Pauline Oliveros, John Bischoff, and David Behrman in pushing electro-acoustic improvisation into exciting new realms.

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released November 10, 2023

Music by Signal Quest
Recorded at 8vB Studio & Mitch's Mom's House
Engineered by Charlie Bruber
Mastered by Angel Marcloid at Angel Hair Audio
Art and layout by Keith Rankin

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