"A form of 'generative music,' cdr_ music reproduced itself with variations ad infinitum, shaping longform, semi-automated collages of piano improvisations. Today, this perpetual reorganization seems to me like an obvious metaphor for healing after crisis. When redemption models, progress narratives, and delusions of overcoming are exhausted, recovery redefines itself as learning to carry forward with the volatility of ever re-surfacing pasts. Half-memories and even forgetfulness become tools in evoking loss, surrender, and other opportunities for restabilization and growth."
Full text here:
medicalhealthhumanities.com/2019/02/08/cdr/
Bio: Bennett Kuhn is a Philadelphia-based music producer, DJ, synthesist, percussionist, multimedia artist, teacher, community organizer, and co-owner of the Philadelphia/Brooklyn-based record label Astro Nautico. Kuhn facilitates collaborative, community-embedded music practices that address emergencies in care justice. A co-organizer of Philadelphia-based Creative Resilience Collective, he is part of a multidisciplinary network of artists, technologists, designers, care providers, and academics improving access to mental health care with and for underserved populations in Philadelphia. _cdr was released as musician-in-residence with Synapsis, a journal of health humanities at Columbia University.
released February 8, 2019
All music written, recorded, and produced by Bennett Kuhn.
Artwork by Bennett Kuhn in imitation of Oh Cards.
Mastering by Lee Clarke.