Place | New Amsterdam Records
Released April 2020
Music by Ted Hearne
Libretto by Saul Williams and Ted Hearne
Conceived by Ted Hearne, Saul Williams, and Patricia McGregor
Part 1 | Ted Hearne
1. BALLOONS Ted Hearne
2. BOUNDARY
3. INTERVIEW Steven Bradshaw
4. MAPS (APPROPRIATION) feat. Josephine Lee, Steven Bradshaw, Isaiah Robinson, Chicago Children’s Choir
5. BREAKUP LETTER feat. Ayanna Woods, Philip White
6. GUILT Steven Bradshaw
Part 2 | Saul Williams
7. Is it ok to say Sol Ruiz feat. Rage Thormbones
8. What About My Son?
9. Displacement Bloop Saul Williams
10. This Land Was Worth Every War Sol Ruiz
11. The Tales You Tell Your Children Isaiah Robinson, Ayanna Woods
12. New Faces Sophia Byrd, Josephine Lee, Isaiah Robinson
13. Running to Us All (written for hands over mouths) feat. Chicago Children’s Choir
14. Hallelujah in White feat. Isaiah Robinson
15. A Thought Saul Williams, Ayanna Woods
16. The Guilt That I Feel Is Freedom Ayanna Woods, Steven Bradshaw
17. You Were Never Comfortable With Intimacy Sophia Byrd feat. Taylor Levine
18. Beneath the ruins are older ruins
Part 3
19. Colonizing Space Isaiah Robinson feat. Saul Williams
Vocalists
Steven Bradshaw, Sophia Byrd, Ted Hearne, Josephine Lee, Isaiah Robinson, Sol Ruiz, Ayanna Woods
Orchestra
Guitar: Taylor Levine
Bass Guitar: Braylon Lacy
Drums: Ron Wiltrout
Keyboard, Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3: RC Williams
Piano: Ted Hearne
Clarinet and Bass Clarinet: Eileen MackBass
Clarinet and Contrabass Clarinet: Christa Van Alstine
Trumpet: Jonah Levy
French Horn: Rachel Drehmann
Tenor Trombone: Matt Barbier
Bass Trombone: Weston Olencki
Viola: Diana Wade
Cello: Ashley Bathgate
Additional Cello: Eric Byers
Percussion: Clara Warnaar
Mixer Feedback: Philip White
Featuring Chicago Children’s Choir, Josephine Lee, artistic director
Produced by Nick Tipp with Ted Hearne
Engineering: Nick Tipp
Mixing: Nick Tipp
Editing: Nick Deyoe, Ryder Bach, Nick Tipp
Additional editing: Hiro Goto, Giosue Greco, Wolfgang Woodcock
Mastering: Andrew Garver
