Faith Coloccia & Daniel Menche "Smelter" CD

Matte laminate, embossed and monochrome printed sleeve with insert card.

The field recordings on this album contain the common theme of water in different states: snow, ice, hail, streams, creeks, in the Puget Sound passing under a ferry boat, pouring from a leaking sea wall, in frozen ponds, as it turns a water wheel, rain in thunder storms, in a pool during winter swimming. These were recorded between 2017-2024. They were usually made quickly while out with my son, and later edited to preserve the sounds of our voices while obscuring the specific content of what was said. In contrast, when Daniel records, he has a predetermined place in mind, and sets off on whole day adventures to document through both photography and audio. Working together melds his high fidelity, pre-meditated recordings with my spur-of-the-moment low-fi recordings.

Daniel and I first met in 2011. We became friends through a shared interest in photography, music, hiking, and in subverting expectations and templates. Since then, we have collaborated on numerous visual and musical projects. When we decided to work together on Smelter, I gave him five recordings of my piano compositions which he treated and added his own elements to - turning them into long drone formations. These were then combined with the various... more
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released October 17, 2025

Compositions and arrangement by Faith Coloccia
Piano, voice, field recordings and sound treatments by Faith Coloccia 2017-2024
Sound treatments, oscillators, noise and field recordings by Daniel Menche 2023-2024
Mixed by Scott Evans at Antisleep, Oakland CA
Stereophonic Mastering by Timothy Stollenwerk
Photography by Daniel Menche
Photo collage by Faith Coloccia
Design by Traianos Pakioufakis
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