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Reger, Rick

Textures & Tonalities for Analogue Synthesizers & Percussion

(Aural Terrains

- UK)

Reger, Rick: Textures & Tonalities for Analogue Synthesizers & Percussion (Aural Terrains)

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Blending vintage analogue synthesizers with resonant percussion, Chicago-based Rick Reger (The Margots) constructs an immersive electroacoustic soundscape that balances harmonic depth and atmospheric tension, sculpting evolving tonalities through Moog, Mellotron, Arp & VCS3 alongside gongs and singing bowls in a meditative and richly textured sonic exploration.

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Label: Aural Terrains
Catalog ID: TRRN1856
Squidco Product Code: 35732

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2025
Country: UK
Packaging: Jewel Case
Recorded April to August, 2023.

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Exploring the intersection of electronic and acoustic sound, Textures & Tonalities for Analogue Synthesizers & Percussion finds Chicago-based composer and multi-instrumentalist Rick Reger sculpting immersive sonic landscapes through a fusion of vintage synthesizers, resonant gongs, singing bowls, and percussive textures.

Recorded between April and August 2023, the album showcases Reger's deep engagement with tone, resonance, and atmospheric space, drawing from both avant-garde electronic traditions and ritualistic percussive techniques. Utilizing an array of classic instruments-including the Arp 2600, VCS3, Moog Voyager, and Mellotron-Reger crafts expansive compositions that balance structured harmonic motion with organic, evolving timbres.

With a background in both music performance and journalism, as well as past collaborations with artists like Ken Vandermark and Tim Daisy in The Margots, Reger continues to push the boundaries of ambient, electroacoustic, and experimental soundscapes in this richly textural and deeply meditative work.

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"Rick Reger was born in Chicago in 1958 and has resided in the Chicago area most of his life. He began playing keyboards in 1971 and a few years later began sporadically studying composition independently. He creates music using percussion instruments and vintage keyboards and synthesizers, such as the Arp 2600, VCS3, Moog Voyager, Fender Rhodes and Mellotron. He has played in several local Chicago groups, and from 2012-2015, he was a member of The Margots, which included Ken Vandermark and Tim Daisy. The band made two records, Pescado and Sople′, on Okka Disk records. He has also worked periodically as a music journalist, and in the past his work appeared regularly in the Chicago Reader and Chicago Tribune newspapers."

-Aural Terrains (https://www.auralterrains.com/releases/56)
3/11/2025

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Track Listing:

1. Resonance 11:03

2. Ritual #2 10:11

3. Metallic Harmony 11:12

4. The Song Of Night, Wind And Sand 16:00

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