Black Marble * Life in Small Spaces [Black] 5/24/24 viola and viola d'amore in

viola and viola d'amore in various combinations and the 'detuning' of the strings (scordatura) to achieve different string tensions and thus give the instruments a sharper or softer sound

~ Steve Huey

"When I was writing I thought

wrestling inner turmoil into something strangely beautiful

Black Marble * Life in Small Spaces [Black] 5/24/24 viola and viola d'amore inBlack Marble hummed to life in the fall of 2012, switched on by the early aughts New York City synthwave revival. Today, fourteen years on and seven releases later, Chris Stewart continues to make records hunched over machines that warm to the touch when turned on and need to be coaxed to stay in tune. His albums, written, recorded, and delivered solely Stewart, remain singular visions, with songs that seek to convey a diffuse pastiche, now shaped by