Bolsa Chica Calm

Jack Curtis Dubowsky


Bolsa Chica Calm


Bolsa Chica Calm Album Cover
 

As a surfer, composer, and historian of easy listening,
I combined some of my interests and put them into musical practice in making this album.

Bolsa Chica Calm references ambient, environmental, new age, and experimental music, from vaporwave to Wendy Carlos' Sonic Seasonings. It was informed by my research in writing my second book, Easy Listening and Film Scoring 1948-78, with two extended, midcentury-inspired meditations with real strings, winds, piano, analog synthesizers, and field recordings.

I started working on Bolsa Chica Calm in 2017; it became a pandemic project. I worked on it at home, using remote recording sessions to record flute and strings. Composed, arranged, and produced by Jack Curtis Dubowsky. Surf recorded at Bolsa Chica State Beach. Rain recorded through a window air conditioner. Jack Curtis Dubowsky: piano, guitar, Jupiter 6, JX-3P, electronics, programming. Charles Sharp: bass clarinet and contrabass clarinet.

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"Bolsa Chica Calm," a homage to Bolsa Chica State Beach, one of my favorite surfing spots in Huntington Beach.
 
Released April 29, 2022.

TRACKS

  1. Bolsa Chica Surf 30:31
  2. Bolsa Chica Rain 31:40

CREDITS

Composed, arranged, and produced by Jack Curtis Dubowsky.
 
Surf recorded at Bolsa Chica State Beach, Huntington Beach, California.
Rain recorded through a window air conditioner.
 
Jack Curtis Dubowsky: piano, guitar, Jupiter 6, JX-3P, electronics, programming.
Charles Sharp: bass clarinet and contrabass clarinet on "Bolsa Chica Rain."

 
"Bolsa Chica Rain" Official Music Video
 
 
 
BOLSA CHICA CALM NorCal TOUR
 
Sun   Aug 14, 2022 6 pm Dagny's, Bakersfield CA
Mon   Aug 15, 2022 7:30 pm Luna's Cafe, Sacramento CA
Weds   Aug 17, 2022 8 pm Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco CA