AMBER WOLFE: Half of Dust
SEDLP076 | Released in 2026 | 200 copies | $25
Wolfe's debut solo LP documents the personal and distinct sound and approach equally to both her abstract sonic instrumental meditations and her understated and haunting song craft and guitar playing. The release, to be experienced as a whole, melds the deeply personal and the cosmically timeless in a complete and holistic way. Amber Wolfe is best known as one half of ZIZIA (w/ Jarrod Fowler) including their collaboration PISAURA with Michael Pisaro-Liu released on Sedimental in 2020.
Sedimental’s first ever collaborative release with Feeding Tube Records is the debut solo LP from Amber Wolfe Half of Dust. Half of Dust reflects on transformation through human relationships within the context of the dramatic seasonal cycles of the Connecticut River Valley in Western, MA. Composed for vinyl, it is arranged in two halves, with one ambient piece and two lyrical songs on each side. Both the album structure and lyrics are inspired by ancient myths that link relationships between human lovers to the yearly dying and rising cycle of the natural world.
The two ambient pieces are composed from the astrological charts of significant moments, with tones generated from samples of tuning forks that correspond to frequency of each planet. The astronomy of a given day provides an indeterminate melody that is looped and transformed. Ananya Ganesh offered synthesizer improvisation on 7.31.25.
The four lyrical songs emphasize the resonance of the human body through minimally processed voice, guitar, and flute. Lyrics explore archetypes including Psyche, Cupid, Adonis, Venus, Pluto, and Persephone. Wednesday Knudsen arranged and performed the flute on To Meet a Flower and Scorpio Moon.
The inspirations and ideas, as well as the music itself for Half of Dust is a celebration of polarities: improvisation/composition; spirit/matter; animal/plant; masculine/feminine; beauty/beast; cosmic/earthly; day/night; asleep/awake; ahriman/lucifer; cultivated/wild… yet best experienced as a whole, melding the deeply personal and the cosmically timeless in a complete and holistic way.
Credits
Composed and produced by Amber Wolfe Rounds 2023-2025
Engineered and mixed by Justin Pizzoferrato at Sonelab
Flute arrangements and performance by Wednesday Knudsen
Synthesizer improvisations by Ananya Ganesh
Mastered by Taku Unami
Cover design by Ray Orr /Art by Ash Fritzsche
Special thanks to Jarrod Fowler
Tracklist
- 6.13.24
- To Meet a Flower
- Spica
- Scorpio Moon
- Matthew by the Sea
- 7.31.25
Amber Wolfe is an astrologer, Waldorf teacher, and musician. Amber performs solo, with Zizia, and the duo, Ganesh and Wolfe. Amber has been part of the ecological sound art group Zizia since 2018. She and Jarrod Fowler collaborated with Michael Pisaro-Liu as the group Pisaura, which released Asteraceae (Sedimental, 2020). Zizia’s album, Genera (hibari, 2023) includes sonic contributions from thirty-six other musicians. Recently, Amber has begun performing with improviser Ananya Ganesh as Ganesh & Wolfe. As Amber Wolfe, she composes and performs folk songs with guitar and voice. Her familiarity with mythology, folklore, and fairytales weave throughout her lyrics, which reflect her connection to the cycles of the natural world. Amber accompanies herself with minimalist guitar, often in nonstandard tunings derived from ancient associations between the planets and musical scales. Wolfe’s compositions often reflect the practice of astrological indeterminacy, whereby she selects tones that reflect the position of the planets at the time of a concert or recording.
Her master’s thesis, Tone Art: Astrology, Anthroposophy, on the role of Anthroposophy in the music of avant-garde pianist, composer, and electronics wizard David Tudor, as well as in the music of Elsie Hamilton, Kathleen Schlesinger, and herself. These writings have been published serially in the "Star Wisdom" journal and detail her approach to astrological indeterminacy and its connection to the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner, founder of Waldorf Education. Amber was born and raised in Takoma Park, Maryland, lived for many years in Massachusetts’ Connecticut River Valley, and now resides on the New Hampshire seacoast.
Discography
w/Zizia. Genera [Cassette, Digital]. hibari music. (2023)
Amber Wolfe Sleeping Flowers [Digital] (2023)
w/Pisaura. Asteraceae [CD, Digital]. Sedimental. (2020)
w/Zizia. Umbelliferae [CD]. (2019)
w/Zizia. Zizia [Digital, Cassette].(2019)