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Taiga Ultan: Shade Zero - VINYL LP
Title: Shade Zero
Artist: Taiga Ultan
Label: Kou Records
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 850077743184
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2026-06-26
Number of Discs: 1
Shade Zero is the debut full-length by flutist and composer Taiga Ultan,articulating a distinctive compositional voice through an examination of theparadox between freedom and rules in contemporary music. Rather thantreating freedom as the absence of structure, Ultan approached composition byconstructing rigorous, self-imposed systems and then intentionally misusingand dismantling them. The album reflects the idea that rules persist even whendenied, shaping sound through habit and assumption, and seeks to disruptthose patterns by working directly against them.Unfolding across three related movements, the album traces a gradual shift fromvirtuosic, tonal flute playing grounded in classical technique, through extendedflute techniques and expanded sonic vocabulary, to works incorporating poetryand personal reflection. Recorded, mixed, and produced by Randall Dunn, ShadeZero introduces Ultan as a compelling new artist, documenting a reorientationaway from institutional frameworks toward an inward, self-determined musicalpractice developed in rural Maine.
Tracks:
1.1 Adagio
1.2 Allegro Moderato
1.3 Largo
1.4 Andante
1.5 Act I
1.6 Act I I
1.7 Hiding
1.8 Neighbors
1.9 God
1.10 Memorial Day
Artist: Taiga Ultan
Label: Kou Records
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 850077743184
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2026-06-26
Number of Discs: 1
Shade Zero is the debut full-length by flutist and composer Taiga Ultan,articulating a distinctive compositional voice through an examination of theparadox between freedom and rules in contemporary music. Rather thantreating freedom as the absence of structure, Ultan approached composition byconstructing rigorous, self-imposed systems and then intentionally misusingand dismantling them. The album reflects the idea that rules persist even whendenied, shaping sound through habit and assumption, and seeks to disruptthose patterns by working directly against them.Unfolding across three related movements, the album traces a gradual shift fromvirtuosic, tonal flute playing grounded in classical technique, through extendedflute techniques and expanded sonic vocabulary, to works incorporating poetryand personal reflection. Recorded, mixed, and produced by Randall Dunn, ShadeZero introduces Ultan as a compelling new artist, documenting a reorientationaway from institutional frameworks toward an inward, self-determined musicalpractice developed in rural Maine.
Tracks:
1.1 Adagio
1.2 Allegro Moderato
1.3 Largo
1.4 Andante
1.5 Act I
1.6 Act I I
1.7 Hiding
1.8 Neighbors
1.9 God
1.10 Memorial Day
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Title: Shade Zero
Artist: Taiga Ultan
Label: Kou Records
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 850077743184
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2026-06-26
Number of Discs: 1
Shade Zero is the debut full-length by flutist and composer Taiga Ultan,articulating a distinctive compositional voice through an examination of theparadox between freedom and rules in contemporary music. Rather thantreating freedom as the absence of structure, Ultan approached composition byconstructing rigorous, self-imposed systems and then intentionally misusingand dismantling them. The album reflects the idea that rules persist even whendenied, shaping sound through habit and assumption, and seeks to disruptthose patterns by working directly against them.Unfolding across three related movements, the album traces a gradual shift fromvirtuosic, tonal flute playing grounded in classical technique, through extendedflute techniques and expanded sonic vocabulary, to works incorporating poetryand personal reflection. Recorded, mixed, and produced by Randall Dunn, ShadeZero introduces Ultan as a compelling new artist, documenting a reorientationaway from institutional frameworks toward an inward, self-determined musicalpractice developed in rural Maine.
Tracks:
1.1 Adagio
1.2 Allegro Moderato
1.3 Largo
1.4 Andante
1.5 Act I
1.6 Act I I
1.7 Hiding
1.8 Neighbors
1.9 God
1.10 Memorial Day
Artist: Taiga Ultan
Label: Kou Records
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 850077743184
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2026-06-26
Number of Discs: 1
Shade Zero is the debut full-length by flutist and composer Taiga Ultan,articulating a distinctive compositional voice through an examination of theparadox between freedom and rules in contemporary music. Rather thantreating freedom as the absence of structure, Ultan approached composition byconstructing rigorous, self-imposed systems and then intentionally misusingand dismantling them. The album reflects the idea that rules persist even whendenied, shaping sound through habit and assumption, and seeks to disruptthose patterns by working directly against them.Unfolding across three related movements, the album traces a gradual shift fromvirtuosic, tonal flute playing grounded in classical technique, through extendedflute techniques and expanded sonic vocabulary, to works incorporating poetryand personal reflection. Recorded, mixed, and produced by Randall Dunn, ShadeZero introduces Ultan as a compelling new artist, documenting a reorientationaway from institutional frameworks toward an inward, self-determined musicalpractice developed in rural Maine.
Tracks:
1.1 Adagio
1.2 Allegro Moderato
1.3 Largo
1.4 Andante
1.5 Act I
1.6 Act I I
1.7 Hiding
1.8 Neighbors
1.9 God
1.10 Memorial Day
