the fog is rising, by Brent Fariss

the fog is rising

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three swedish folk tales (2018-2019)

Stories of a harrowed journey through unrelenting landscapes, a lone character finds their way through many obstacles. I imagine this as three similar stories occurring in the past, present, and future. Dealing with isolation, adversity, and an existential search to find a “home”. Inspired partly by stories my grandmother told me, and a strange film assembled by Rick Reed about a lonely cosmonaut.

the fog is lifting (2017-2020)

Growing up in Texas, the sound of cicadas has been a constant in my life. I have always been fascinated with the sounds of these insects, and spent over a decade recording them. These strange creatures, with their psychedelic combination tones, have always reminded me of extreme heat, suffocating humidity (aka summer in Texas). Depending on one’s mood, these strange sounds can be a source of comfort (lazy days, sunset, relaxing under trees) or unnerving (intense HEAT, claustrophobia, discomfort). During the late summer of 2012, these sounds are forever burrowed into my mind. My mother was in the final stages of a brutal battle with cancer that had sadly taken just about everything from her. We were in the unfortunate, yet honorable, position of caring for someone in their last days. These days were marked by heat, sadness, large stretches of silence interrupted by these strange creatures, and my father playing the piano (while contemplating the permanence of such a horrible scenario). All of these sounds blurred together and, years later, it still rings in my ears. The title is taken from last words spoken by Emily Dickinson before she died (“I must go in, the fog is rising”). Though the brain tumor had robbed my mother (a very well-spoken, independent woman) of her ability to speak, this line seemed appropriate to the attitude my mother expressed through her eyes and gestures. Brave, aware of the finality, and loving…right to the end.

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released May 1, 2020

Brent Fariss - piano, pipe organ, synthesizer, cicada recordings, sine tones

Travis Weller, Nick Montopoli, Ting Davidson, Sean Riley - violins (on 1)

Sarah Hennies - snare drum (on 1)

Tristan Boyd - bass drum, gong (on 1)

Recorded by Andrew Stoltz and Brent Fariss.

Created at Spectral House, 2017-2020.

Thanks to Rick Reed, Travis Weller, Andrew Stoltz, Sarah Hennies, Christie Manners, Henna Chou, Colin Andrew Sheffield, Thomas Bey William Bailey, Lee Dockery, Elizabeth Warren, Sean O’Neill, Alex Keller, Storm Knien, Claire M. Singer, Bill Thompson, and University Presbyterian Church.

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Brent Fariss Austin, Texas

Brent Fariss is a composer / performer living in Austin, Texas. He has collaborated in several modern music settings including the Gates Ensemble, Waco Girls, and the Austin New Music Coop. He has become increasingly interested in the idea of conceptualism; using minimalist techniques to unite texture, form, resonance, and abstracted programmatic ideas to create a musical environment. ... more

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