A live improvised set recorded remotely with Evan Hardy for Exposure Therapy.

Giacomo Fiore, fretless guitar and electronics

Evan Hardy, guitar, percussion, tape loops, electronics

The Pacific Northwest is characterized by extreme natural scale and longevity. The region contains some of the largest and oldest trees on Earth, as well as marine life that includes the largest animals in evolutionary history. This environment reflects a form of vastness rooted in biological scale and deep time. Interconnected systems, such as mycorrhizal networks, further emphasize material forms of ecological interdependence.

Cathedral emerges from these conditions. It aims toward the eternal while remaining grounded in long-form processes. The composition develops through restrained, exploratory movements, between dissonance and microtonal detail, traversing the fretboard and disintegrating into jagged melodic fragments of ethereal enquiry. Tension gives way to transitioning subtleties, as foreboding processions arrive at a clearing, ascending beyond reach.

Produced by Ben Domanico-Huh & Samuel N. Ortiz
Recorded on December 6, 2025 for Exposure Therapy
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