Second Passenger - Not the First Version - Red Note Soul

This release presents a unified editorial statement shaped around proportion, balance, and internal dialogue. The ensemble operates as a single formal body, with each voice entering, withdrawing, and reconfiguring its role in response to the whole. The work treats space as structural material, allowing tension to accumulate through restraint rather than display.

The album is a conceptual ensemble recording created through human artistic direction and artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence functions strictly as an analytical and generative instrument, used to examine pattern, proportion, ensemble behavior, and long form balance. All aesthetic decisions, historical framing, and final judgment remain guided by human intent and critical awareness.

Rather than documenting a session, this album is presented as an archival construct, shaped with the discipline of mid-century editorial practice. Its purpose is not representation but coherence, offering a measured study of collective motion, friction, and resolution within a controlled formal frame.

Tracklist

Plate Alignment

Second Impression

Proof Before Ink

Margin Study

Press at Rest

Registration Marks

Dry Run

Paper Weight

Reverse Feed

Locked Rollers

Shop Light Noon

Galley Order

Uneven Pressure

Blank Signature

Counter Pull

First Pull Aside

Offset Memory

Ink Residue

Type High

Final Check

Sheet Count

Quiet Floor

Mechanical Pause

Last Proof

Release Trim

Conceptual Ensemble
Trumpet
Tenor Saxophone
Piano
Double Bass
Drums

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