Sam Kulik - Putting a Hand on the World (2025)

In late 2022 I became a father and lost my own father in quick succession. This music represents a conversation between my selves who met at that nexus of birth and death, sharing what they felt about the past, the present, and the future. The pieces are very intentionally set in different seasons and sonic environments so as to welcome the listener to this metaphysical meeting point for musical ideas and emotions.

All the sounds on this record that aren't obviously the sounds of nature (such as frogs, water, birds, wind, and insects) were made on the trombone, or part of the trombone, and in many cases put through some kind of electronic processing.