December 3, 2019 RVNG. INTL. unveils Julianna Barwick’s new work for next release in the label’s ‘Commend There’ series

RVNG. Intl. announces Julianna Barwick‘s new album Circumstance Synthesis for the second release in there on-going Commend There series, relating to their storefront and community space Commend. The material, commisoned by NYC hotel Sister City as a lobby score uses Microsoft AI to create a “generative soundtrack to every day.” A press release goes on to say, “Circumstance Synthesis observes the shape of a day from a celestial vantage. Five floating suites trace morning through night, decorating space with a spectrum of layered vocals and synths that pool together and drift apart like clouds in the clearest blue.”

Watch a video, directed by Joel Knoernschild, through a camera perched on Sister City’s rooftop, for the contemplative closer “night” below + pre-order Circumstance Synthesis on limited hand-stamped cassette here: