Three Point Circle
LAYERED CONTINGENCIES

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The origins of Three Point Circle go back to 1980, when K. Leimer, Marc Barreca, and Steve Peters met for two sparsely-attended shows in Olympia, WA. Some forty years later, they have regrouped as Three Point Circle. Perhaps better described as a process than as a musical group, Three Point Circle has developed a collaborative system that replaces standards of improvisation and authorship with a new, independent, compositional identity removed from the individual habits and traits of the members. Layered Contingencies presents the first results in this quest for uncertainty -- five long form pieces of sharp and smooth contrasts taking place in a soundstage of rest, unrest, shallows, and depths that manage to maintain an unpredictable coherence. Mastered by James Savage.

Marc Barreca has been recording and performing electronic music since the mid-1970s. His most recent releases include the solo Palace of Lights CDs From the Gray and the Green, Shadow Aesthetics, and a vinyl collaboration with K. Leimer, Chains of Being on the Spanish label, Abstrakce Records. Many of his early solo works and recordings with pioneer electronic music trio Young Scientist have been re-released by Palace of Lights, Bureau B, Vinyl on Demand, Cherry Red and Freedom to Spend. 

K. Leimer founded Palace of Lights in 1979. Leimer’s work has also been issued by Abstrakce, Autumn, First Terrace, Les Giants, Invisible Inc., Origin Peoples and RVNG. His work is included in the Cherry Red Noise Floor compilation series and his early cassette work is featured in the critically acclaimed VOD box set American Cassette Culture. Leimer has been actively producing music since the mid 1970s – his current catalog includes 20 solo albums plus collaborative albums with Savant and Marc Barreca. His work is included in the collection of  The British Library.

Steve Peters composes music and sound combining location recordings with voices, instruments, electronics, and found or natural objects. He performs with the Seattle Phonographers Union, and frequently collaborates with artists in other disciplines. He has a long history with Palace of Lights, and has also released work on 12k, Cold Blue, and elsewhere. He is co-founder of Nonsequitur, a non-profit presenting adventurous music and audio art since 1989, currently via the Wayward Music Series in Seattle. 

TRACKS

A Disproven Theory
Vertical Hold
Aurora
Unrest
The Wyatt Dreams

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