Shungite by John Bowers

Shungite is a collection of seven synthesizer pieces imagined as seven floors of a fantasy mega mall. Each piece a floor, each melody an escalator, each note a step. Repetitive, energetic, meditative, fun.

The album started with me laying down live performances of repetitive synth pieces in an attempt to hypnotize myself. At first I used them as minimalist meditations, going on for thirty minutes or an hour. As time went on they became more and more maximalist, and formed into pieces I would walk or drive long distances with, the music eventually revealing itself as a “place”: a mega mall in the mind. Choose a melody to stand on and ride it like a personal waterfall while gazing above and below, checking out other sounds, becoming a little hypnotized in the process.

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Instruments: SH01a triggered by RD8

Album design by @Geronimo

Special thanks to some influences:

Fripp/Eno
Terry Riley
La Monte Young
John Coltrane
CAN
J.S. Bach

Tracklist

1.	Floor No. 1	4:32

2.	Floor No. 2	3:46

3.	Floor No. 3	5:49

4.	Floor No. 4	4:41

5.	Floor No. 5	4:06

6.	Floor No. 6	3:36

7.	Floor No. 7	4:34

Credits

released November 17, 2023

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