Find Yourself Lost, by Michael Scott Dawson

Find Yourself Lost

by Michael Scott Dawson

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Michael Strmiska True C & W (Cosmic & Western) music, spacy and spacious, like a gentle brook tumbling through wide open, western spaces.

TheSlowMusicMovement Viewing his rural upbringing through an ambient lens, Michael Scott Dawson, gives his new LP a misty eyed, time worn, surreal country & most pleasing out of body vibe via his unhurried pedal steel tones & obviously pastorally appreciative collaborators. If we were ever to know, perhaps even an eagle's view of rural Canada as it soars on summer thermals across vast expanses of unplundered land - searching, always searching.

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1.	Our Joy, A Moveable Frontier 04:33	buy track
2.	Yarn The Hours 04:10	buy track
3.	Almanac Pages 04:04	buy track
4.	Notes On Longing 03:37	buy track
5.	Prairie Western Reclamation 04:28	buy track
6.	Come Back To Yourself 07:12	buy track
7.	A Barn On Fire 04:05	buy track
8.	A Narrow Field 02:39	buy track
9.	Evening Constitutional 04:52	buy track
10.	The Plagiarist 04:32	buy track

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Michael Scott Dawson is a Canadian producer and sound artist. Anchored by frayed melodies, tape loops, and pastoral field recordings he has crafted a body of tender and nostalgic ambient work.

On his third solo LP, Find Yourself Lost, Dawson veers toward the fringes of country and western. Although ‘cosmic’ has become catchall descriptor in both country and ambient music, Dawson reaches for something more earthly. Something more grounded. Ribboning miles of pedal steel nestle into hushed tones and gossamer textures. Reflecting on the process he states, “It took some time to find myself in it. The first few pieces I made were embarrassingly twangy. I love spaghetti and I love western but never the two shall twain.” Instead, Dawson began to experiment with alternate tunings and granular guitar. He recorded and mixed a full album, and then called upon a handful of friends and kindred peers to improvise on top of it. Treating their contributions like found sounds or samples he stole little moments, manipulated passages, and dismantled his original recordings in the process.

Perhaps it’s not surprising that Dawson was drawn in a country-adjacent direction, he literally grew up adjacent to country. His childhood home was a block from the rodeo grounds in a town where everyone wore cowboy boots to weddings and funerals. Throughout the album he draws from memories of his youth, like time spent on the family farm where John Wayne movies played on an endless loop and a velvet painting of an outlaw with an eyepatch hung above the television.

Find Yourself Lost marks the first time Dawson has been joined by other musicians. He’s a member of the free jazz outfit Peace Flag Ensemble and an avid collaborator, but his own records have been solitarily affairs. “I love the act of collaboration. There’s a joy to be found in responding to someone else’s creativity or ensuring that your ideas serve the greater good.” Dawson notes, “With my own material I’ve been more selfish. Every song is a love note to myself. They are reminders to practice patience, to allow space for growth, to embrace imperfection, and to always remain open to change. But I’d neglected an incredibly important sentiment... You are not alone and it’s okay to ask for help.”

Find Yourself Lost features excerpts of pedal steel by Ettiene Soulodre, flugelhorn by Dalton Lam, additional guitars by Bryce Lewis, dobro by Aaron Kapinka, and baritone guitar by Gage McGuire. It also contains audio from an unlabeled garage sale cassette of someone’s home-dubbed line dancing.

This project is funded in part by FACTOR, the Government of Canada and Canada’s private radio broadcasters.

Ce projet est financé en partie par FACTOR, le gouvernement du Canada et les radiodiffuseurs privés du Canada.

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released May 26, 2023

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