{"id":19052,"date":"2015-12-14T16:00:36","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T21:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=19052"},"modified":"2015-12-12T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-12T12:00:00","slug":"sonic-soundscapes-release-atmospheric-instrumental-track-flat-figure-eight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=19052","title":{"rendered":"Sonic Soundscapes release atmospheric instrumental track &#8216;Flat Figure Eight&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sonic Soundscapes is a musical project, begun in 2015, by Eric Bessel and Laura Mariposa. They&#8217;re an extension of the group, Lore City who have released two albums, \u2018Kill Your Dreams\u2019 (via 1980 Records and Already Dead Tapes, 2014), and \u2018Absence &amp; Time\u2019 (via Already Dead Tapes, 2013). Eric and Laura are American visual artists, designers, and musicians\u00a0who\u00a0live and work in Portland, Oregon. Their focus is to build a portfolio of atmospheric instrumental compositions with cinematic environments in mind.<\/p>\n<p>Now, they&#8217;ve released a new track, <em>Flat Figure Eight<\/em>, and you can take a listen via Soundcloud below.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F236781665&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&color=b6b4b4\"><\/iframe>\n<p>The artwork for <em>Flat Figure Eight<\/em> features Chicago artist Elsa Mu\u00f1oz from Cerro, 2014, 30&#8243;x36&#8243;, oil on panel. You can see it on their website &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonicsoundscapes.com\" target=\"_blank\">sonicsoundscapes.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Sonic Soundscapes is a musical project, begun in 2015, by Eric Bessel and Laura Mariposa. They&#8217;re an extension of the group, Lore City who have <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=19052\" title=\"Sonic Soundscapes release atmospheric instrumental track &#8216;Flat Figure Eight&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19068,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,28,30],"tags":[4057,4056,625,4058,1545,4055],"class_list":["post-19052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","tag-eric-bessel","tag-flat-figure-eight","tag-instrumental","tag-laura-mariposa","tag-lore-city","tag-sonic-soundscapes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Lore-City_1980-Records_01_SRGB_600x400.jpg?fit=600%2C400","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-4Xi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34621,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34621","url_meta":{"origin":19052,"position":0},"title":"Lore City share new track \u2018It\u2019s All Happening\u2019 + announce new album","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"July 15, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Lore City have share a track lifted from their new album, \u2018Alchemical Task\u2019. 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