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Movements of Dust

by Rutger Zuydervelt & Bill Seaman

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1.
Dust 02:19
2.
Walk 04:19
3.
Pull 03:14 video
4.
Stir 03:36
5.
Bits 04:44
6.
Bolt 02:59
7.
Sink 02:25
8.
Lope 03:02
9.
Merc 05:35
10.
Wash 03:39
11.
Haze 05:40

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For the LP version, please visit:
oscarson.bandcamp.com/album/rutger-zuydervelt-and-bill-seaman-movements-of-dust
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Bill:
I had been listening to a few different albums and collaborations that Rutger had been involved with. I decided to write him and see if he might want to collaborate. I was happy and excited when he said he was interested.

In every collaboration one needs to find a working methodology – and this slowly surfaced. With exactitude and play we built some beautiful pieces using very different methodologies and programs. The album formed more and more --- many times going through a large series of iterations, sometimes moving very far away from where we started on an individual work. I would sometimes make very complex mixes and then Rutger would cut away things, finding the most salient sections and layers… simplifying and clarifying.

We worked on individual finished tracks and later Rutger composed a long format mix which was quite exciting… Eventually we just had a series of numbers. I had just done an album with sentence length titles. We went for the inversion of that. Very short, four letter word titles. We arrived at Movements of Dust for the album title, after thinking about many different possibilities. We were excited that Oscarson from Germany decided to release it on Vinyl! As per the cover image design I have been doing a series of abstractions. Rutger did the actual final graphic design. We arrived at the idea of perfectly spaced font… All in all the collaboration worked quite well from my perspective!

Rutger:
I had heard a few albums, and was very impressed by Bill’s music - it’s very intricate and refined. It might sound strange, but because of hearing this beautiful music, I felt that I wouldn’t want to touch that, and that if we worked together, we should aim for something different. We decided to go for something more rough sounding and, rhythm based. Compared to some of our other music, this might even be called our pop album ;-)

The making process for Movements of Dust was a blast. Most tracks would start by Bill sending me a library of percussive and melodic sounds, each in the same bpm. I guess my signature move was to fuck up these perfectly synced parts. To make it less perfect, more organic. Add a wobble to the rhythm, or break up the beat by stripping things down. I’d send the track to Bill, who’d react by adding sounds, or re-editing the piece. A song would go back and forth a few times, until we’d both be sure that it sounded finished.

I’ll admit that in the beginning I was slow. Didn’t excactly know how to aproach this. But as soon as the first track started to take form, it dictated the way the project could progress. From there on, it all made sense, and working on the album felt like the most natural thing to do - even if it’s was our first time working together.

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released January 4, 2020

Music by Rutger Zuydervelt and Bill Seaman
Rotterdam/Durham, February–June 2019
Mastered by Jos Smolders at EARLabs
Cover image by BS, graphic design by RZ

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