skyscraper and the pioneers lp & c24

December 2023

Skyscraper and the Pioneers is the seventh sound collage album I have released as Skyscraper, the moniker I use for my solo recording project. The album is a combination of my own field recordings as well as samples pulled from thrifted country records and western soundtracks, compiled into a kind of abstract soundtrack following the movements of an imaginary wagon train west.

The artwork I used for the album was adapted from an original work from my Piece exhibit at the Art Terrarium in 2018. The swelling shades of orange throughout this piece always reminded me of old western movie landscapes, so it served as an apt visual companion to the album’s sonic aesthetic.

The album was released on both cassette and lathe-cut record via my music label, Warm Gospel.