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Linear A

by Matthew Mullane

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Spliced UI 02:00
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Flawed Magic 02:13
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Flat Grit 02:06
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Ziggurat 01:28
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Cosm 03:33
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Cut Dome 02:52
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World-n 02:41
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Subt 01:36

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The album's title "Linear A" is borrowed from the untranslated Minoan script of the same name. This is not necessarily a reference to Minoan culture, but as a way to describe a condition of near-decipherability. Linear A is "nearly decipherable" due to its similarity to related scripts like Linear B (which has been translated), but is different enough to escape translation. This notion of near-decipherability is the galvanizing conceit of the album--to create a music that features familiar elements (recordings of everyday objects, instrumental melodies, synthesizer tones, song structures, etc.) abstracted to the point of near understanding.

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released March 4, 2022

Cover art by Michael Faciejew

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