Breaking Stretch
All compositions by Patricia Brennan
Jon Irabagon: alto and sopranino saxophones
Mark Shim: tenor saxophone
Adam O’Farrill: trumpet, with electronics on tracks 1, 3 and 9
Marcus Gilmore:drums
Mauricio Herrera: percussion
Kim Cass: bass
Patricia Brennan: vibraphone with electronics, marimba
Produced by David Breskin
Recorded by Ben Greenberg on September 16 & 17, 2023 at Power Station BerkleeNYC, New York, NY
Mixed by Ben Greenberg at Circular Ruin Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Mastered by Scott Hull, Masterdisk, Peekskill, NY
Design & layout by Spottswood Erving and July Creek for Janky Defense
Band photograph and album videos (available online) by Frank Heath
Patricia Brennan fountain portrait by David Breskin
Patricia Brennan uses her signature Bluehaus mallets and Audeze headphones.
(Maquishti Music, BMI) © ℗ Patricia Brennan and Pyroclastic Records 2024
Volcano photography
Julian Charrière, taken during the making of Stone Speakers, 2021–2024
Photographed at Fagradalsfjall and Litli-Hrutur, Iceland
© Julian Charrière 2021 and 2023
Astronomy photography
Inside wallet: Spiral galaxy, NGC 4254
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Janice Lee (STScI), Thomas Williams (Oxford), PHANGS Team
Booklet page 2: Supernova explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud
NASA, ESA and H.-Y. Chu (Academia Sinica, Taipei)
Booklet page 9: Galaxy cluster WHL0137-08; detail of the Sunrise Arc
NASA, ESA, CSA
Booklet pages 14 and 15: Sombrero Galaxy, M104, NGC 4594; in Virgo
NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Booklet page 21: 30 Doradus
NASA, ESA, D. Lennon and E. Sabbi (ESA/STScI), J. Anderson, S. E. de Mink, R. van der Marel, T. Sohn, and N. Walborn (STScI), N. Bastian (Excellence Cluster, Munich), L. Bedin (INAF, Padua), E. Bressert (ESO), P. Crowther (University of Sheffield), A. de Koter (University of Amsterdam), C. Evans (UKATC/STFC, Edinburgh), A. Herrero (IAC, Tenerife), N. Langer (AifA, Bonn), I. Platais (JHU), and H. Sana (University of Amsterdam)
Disc label: Sun with solar flares
NASA/Goddard/SDO
My wholehearted thank you to David Breskin for his generosity, support and guidance. Thanks to The Shifting Foundation for making this record a reality. Special thank you to Kris Davis at Pyroclastic Records; Ben Greenberg at Circular Ruin Studio; Scott Hull at Masterdisk; René Pierre Alain and Anita from Scholes Street Studio; Barry Centanni and the Centanni Percussion team; Brad E. Howard from Bluehaus mallets; Chris Berens and Audeze; Frank Heath for his video work and photography; Julian Charrière for the gracious use of his stunning Iceland volcano images; Isabel Breskin; my incredible bandmates: Jon, Mark, Adam, Kim, Marcus and Mauricio; my always supportive husband Noel Brennan; my parents and brother Patricio and my Brennan family.