Remembering Backward

by CHA

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1.	Departure 04:31	buy track
2.	The Slightest Sound 08:54	buy track
3.	Song of Eternity 08:43	buy track
4.	Always Us 04:40	buy track
5.	Daylight Lullaby 08:25	buy track
6.	Remembering Backward 05:54	buy track

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CHA: An iconoclastic trio of classically trained artists who have crossed into the world of free improvisation - Carol J Levin (harp), Heather Bentley (viola), and Amelia Love Clearheart (voice). All three are active participants in Seattle’s dynamic creative music scene, now joining forces to make a bold and unique statement.

Adding a world of influences to their classic and jazz roots, CHA uses electronic effects to build a layered and varied spectrum of sound. But their most distinctive characteristic is that the group works entirely in the moment, with no scripting or pre-ordained structure. Percussive patterns, soaring strings, spontaneous poetry and haunting drones – the sounds of the earth – emerge as a unified voice through compositions that, even while defying labels, are remarkably accessible.

CHA’s first studio album, Remembering Backward, is available through Right Brain Records. These tracks emerged out of a single, freely improvised recording session, a sample of the trio’s diversity and range.

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released February 1, 2020

Carol J Levin – harp, percussion and effects
Heather Bentley – viola and effects
Amelia Love Clearheart – voice and percussion

Recorded by Garey Shelton. Mixed and mastered by Scott Schaffer
Art design by Stephen Fandrich.

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CHA Seattle, Washington

CHA is an iconoclastic trio of classically trained artists who’ve crossed into the world of free improvisation: Carol J Levin (harp), Heather Bentley (viola), and Amelia Love Clearheart (voice). All are active participants in Seattle’s dynamic creative music scene. They've joined forces to make a bold artisitic statement. ... more

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