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Ball of Wax 69 Songs: Abandonments – “Cowered”

Brought to us by Tony Martinez of Sceneries, Placements and other Tucson projects, Abandonments is the duo musical project of B. Cook and A. Martinez. Personally, I find instrumental music to be very fascinating and widely emotive. However, I wasn’t … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 68 Songs: sceneries placements w/ nonetheless notwithstanding – “complex city”

Swirling layers of warm, static-like fuzziness are turned into something cohesive by a few simple bass notes. Then, like coming up from a subway at night, the white noise of the underground gains a new life on top of that … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 66 Songs: oddkinn – “Lily”

This track from oddkinn – a project which has at least some overlap with our newish Arizonan pals Sceneries, Placements, who have appeared on every single volume since 61 – is, as the kids say, a mood. (Are the kids … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 65 Songs: oddkin ft. sceneriesplacements – “Taste This”

I’m gonna come right out and say that it’s very possible I am biased in my reviews. I also really like everything that I review. Certainly, both are factors in my not being an actual critic. I’m okay with that. … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 64 Songs: Sceneries, Placements – “My Last Day on This Earth”

Sceneries, Placements’ “My Last Day on This Earth” was one of two works interpreted by artist Susan Hensel. Ball of Wax Volume 64: The Music of TELEPHONE by Sceneries, placements [Context: here and here.]

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Ball of Wax 63 Songs: Sceneries, Placements – “Handful of Hope”

I don’t know if Sceneries, Placements were thinking of Emily Dickinson when they concocted the delicately peculiar “Handful of Hope,” but the first thing that came to my mind as I pondered the title, and this piece, was the phrase … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 62 Songs: Nonetheless Notwithstanding Feat. Sceneries Placements – “Precedence”

For a song that, melodically speaking, has about six notes (two different repeating three-note melodies that each occupy the first two quarters of the running time), there is a lot going on in “Precedence.” Which is fitting, I suppose, given … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 61: Sceneries, Placements – “Guidance and Navigation”

Our new Arizonan friends Sceneries, Placements – whose membership overlaps to some extent with Vir(us), whom you heard on Volume 60 – have graciously shared with us the title track from their majestic space-travel-themed (I think?) album Guidance and Navigation. … Continue reading

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