Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, @maciestewart.bsky.social โs BODY SOUND [STONE PIECE] cassettes are in and shipping this week!! โ If youโre in Chicago for Sound & Gravity, be sure to catch the trio on Thursday ๐ชจโจ
Listen to โStone Piece Iโ and purchase BODY SOUND [STONE PIECE] on limited edition cassette today: tinyurl.com/3ct8nj4h
photo by Leah Wendzinski
cover art by Jordan Reyes
cassette design by Zander Raymond
Todayโs release previews the trioโs performance at the inaugural ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ & ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น in Chicago, as well as a new album by the trio coming via International Anthem in 2026.
The resultant collage is a gorgeously textural multidimensional abstraction of time and timbre, landing somewhere on the outskirts of minimalist classical, modern improvisation, ambient and pastoral music idioms.
The group reconvened later that month at International Anthem Studios, where they made analog tape loops with the recordings from Shirk, manipulating and processing them by hand, creating and capturing new layers of sound in real time.
The A side track โ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐โ is available now as a single on all digital music platforms. The piece was born of string and vocal improvisations by Johnson, Kohl, and Stewart, recorded in January of 2025 by Dave Vettraino at Shirk Studios in Chicago.
*announcing*
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Today Chicago-based violist/composer ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป, cellist/composer ๐๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ต๐น, and violinist/composer ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ debut a new trio project with the release of BODY SOUND [STONE PIECE] on cassette.
@maciestewart.bsky.social , playing personal records in between poetry reading and improvising violin in the stairwell echo chamber of our warehouse space on Chicagoโs Southside.
Listen: tinyurl.com/3t6hzfdx
๐ธ: Shannon Marks
Macie Stewart's (@maciestewart.bsky.social) "When The Distance Is Blue" reviewed by Layton Guyton. Out now via @intlanthem.bsky.social. post-trash.com/news/2025/7/...
Out of the dark: youtu.be/IQKqUdM4VJI?...
Jeff plays @uwmadison.bsky.socialโs Shannon Hall Nov 21st with guest @maciestewart.bsky.social
#NowPlaying When the Distance is Blue by Macie Stewart. So happy to find it at my local record store. The guy now put a @intlanthem.bsky.social section in place, how convenient!
When the Distance is Blue EU TOUR
4 JUN | Copenhagen | Huset
6 JUN | Munich | Milla Club
7 JUN | Jena | Trafo
11 JUN | Paris | Le Dynamo
12 JUN | Brussels | AB Club
14 JUN | Antwerp | (private)
15 JUN | Eindhoven | Pom
18 JUN | Amsterdam | Occii
19 JUN | Antwerp | Trix
TIX: tinyurl.com/nhbdsb45
@maciestewart.bsky.social
*~* ๐๐๐ค๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ *~ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ โ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ ~* *~ ๐.๐๐ก.๐๐ ~*
Macie Stewart - Violin, Voice, Prepared Piano
Lia Kohl - Cello
Zach Moore - Bass
Whitney Johnson - Viola
Footage filmed and edited by Derrick Alexander
youtu.be/3HEbxNFS30E?...
LISTEN BACK -
@maciestewart.bsky.social *Laughing Songs*
Link: tinyurl.com/3sxxm6nf
@maciestewart.bsky.social along with @patrickshiroishi.bsky.social and Marta Sofia Honer at Healing Force/Pasadena (@intlanthem.bsky.social)
Macie Stewart - When the Distance is Blue
Wow, this is captivating. Thank you @intlanthem.bsky.social @maciestewart.bsky.social
Enregistrรฉ avec un quatuor ร cordes dont elle tient le violon, la Chicagoanne @maciestewart.bsky.social dรฉbarque chez @intlanthem.bsky.social et fait la part belle aux cordes et au piano contemporains sur un "When the Distance is Blue" assez fascinant.
Chronique: www.indierockmag.com/article37820...
This new @maciestewart.bsky.social record hits hard when youโre drinking your morning coffee and staring at the window looking at trees.
Highly recommended.
๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ช in full on all streaming platforms:
@maciestewart.bsky.social - ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐.
Listen to it today
LINK: linktr.ee/intlanthem ๐๏ธ
Macie Stewartโs โWhen The Distance Is Blueโ autographed by Macie Stewart, Lia Kohl, Whitney Johnson, and Zach Moore.
Gonna treasure this one. Thank you @maciestewart.bsky.social and @intlanthem.bsky.social
Another amazing performance of โWhen The Distance Is Blueโ from @maciestewart.bsky.social and crew. 2nd time seeing them this week, this time at Constellation in Chicago.
This record is one of the best of the year.
Macie Stewartโs โWhen the Distance is Blueโ feels even more cerebral than her debut...But for all the meditativeness and all the improvisation, there is a single-minded artistry at work behind these pieces. klofmag.com/2025/04/maci...
@intlanthem.bsky.social @maciestewart.bsky.social
Thank you ๐ญ
The A-side sits on a turntable that sits on top of a storage unit that holds vinyl records and audio equipment. The record is lit by the turntable light. To the right sits the record cover with a mountain road bending around a curve with mountains towering in the background
It's a beautiful day. My copy of @maciestewart.bsky.social's new record When the Distance is Blue has arrived
Pianist, composer and improviser Macie Stewart's new album WHEN THE DISTANCE IS BLUE has been released by International Anthem Recording Co.
entertainment-factor.blogspot.com/2025/03/when...
#music #newmusic #maciestewart #whenthedistanceisblue @maciestewart.bsky.social
Thank you!!
Cover art for PremRockโs Did you enjoy your time here, released via Backwoodz Studioz. Available on all platforms
Cover art for Macie Stewartโs When the distance is blue, released via International Anthem. Streaming not yet available, but download and physicals available at https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/when-the-distance-is-blue
Cover art for Lonnie Holleyโs Tonky. Available on all platforms.
Cover art for Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smithโs Defiant Life. A white cover with written music notes
Amongst all the chaos of life, donโt forget to make time to enjoy art!
My 4 fave new releases from 3/21:
@premrock.bsky.social - Did you enjoy your time here?
@maciestewart.bsky.social - When the distance is blue
Lonnie Holley - Tonky
@vijayiyer.bsky.social & Wadada Leo Smith - Defiant Life
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Glad you enjoy :โ)
