Pheromone is an all-electrocoustic album inspired by the wild effects and extended flute techniques used in the opening track “Fractus III: Aerophoneme” by Eli Fieldsteel. The album’s namesake, “Pheromone,” by Isaac Schankler and “Pencilled Wings” by Emma O’Halloran, were commissioned and recorded in collaboration with Melbourne-based pianist Jacob Abela who Shim met during their joint fellowship at the Bang on a Can Summer Festival. Shim’s long-time collaborator and The Mineral Kingdom bandmate Matthew Joseph Payne features as composer for “Etude” for contrabass flute and the quirky microtonal circuit-bent TI83+ calculator. Completing the album are two further works for solo flute and electronics, “Huge Blank Canvas Neck Tattoo” by Gregory C. Brown and “60.8%” by Douglas Lausten.

This album was the debut release for the Aerocade Music record label Shim founded in 2015.

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