why we love this

Bare feet on warm earth, the sky wide open above. Music that meets the world with an open-hearted freedom.

about the record

Loosely situated within a framework of organic, ambient-leaning jazz, Iseo unfolds as a series of open, exploratory pieces, with electronics sitting subtly beneath acoustic and environmental elements. Built from layered instrumentation including synthesizers, guitar, zither, flutes, voice and field recordings, Peterson moves between grounded, tactile detail and more expansive, immersive states. A sense of warmth and permeability runs throughout: organic percussion, environmental textures and drifting rhythmic elements lend the record a gently saturated humidity, reflecting Peterson’s base in Hawaii, where the presence of nature is felt as much as it is heard.

Underlying the project is a way of working rooted in gathering, listening and tending. Instruments, ensemble sessions, field recordings and everyday environments are approached with attentiveness, shaped through collecting, refining and allowing things to settle. Relationships, landscape and lived experience shape the sound, giving Iseo a tactile, almost hand-made quality.

Rather than fixed arrangements, the album feels as if it has been organically and lovingly assembled through a process of listening and response, each element finding its place within a wider, evolving whole. This approach reaches a natural centre point in the 15-minute piece Medianoche En La Calle Aurora, which unfolds patiently, bending through shifting environments as motifs and textures emerge and dissolve with quiet continuity.

Peterson’s role as both instigator and facilitator is central to the project. Bringing together a diverse group of collaborators including Carlos Niño, Mia Doi Todd, Laraaji, Ko Ishikawa, Luis Pérez Ixoneztli and Miles Spilsbury, he creates space for individual voices to emerge within a shared language. The result is music defined by openness and generosity.

Iseo takes its title from Peterson’s son’s middle name, a word that can be understood to mean one-world life. The piece itself takes the form of a gentle lullaby, its melody loosely shaped around the syllables of his name and sung to Peterson’s son by Luis Pérez Ixoneztli, a close collaborator whose presence across the record reflects a long-standing relationship that extends beyond the music itself.

  1. 1 - Iseo 04:14
  2. 2 - Teamotanto 04:06
  3. 3 - Uaoa Stream 05:03
  4. 4 - Cosmic Feathers 02:59
  5. 5 - Sayonara Glendale 04:59
  6. 6 - Medianoche En La Calle 15:29
  7. 7 - El Halcón De Ryujin Onsen 06:41

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  1. 1 - Iseo 04:14
  2. 2 - Teamotanto 04:06
  3. 3 - Uaoa Stream 05:03
  4. 4 - Cosmic Feathers 02:59
  5. 5 - Sayonara Glendale 04:59
  6. 6 - Medianoche En La Calle 15:29
  7. 7 - El Halcón De Ryujin Onsen 06:41

why we love this

Bare feet on warm earth, the sky wide open above. Music that meets the world with an open-hearted freedom.

about the record

Loosely situated within a framework of organic, ambient-leaning jazz, Iseo unfolds as a series of open, exploratory pieces, with electronics sitting subtly beneath acoustic and environmental elements. Built from layered instrumentation including synthesizers, guitar, zither, flutes, voice and field recordings, Peterson moves between grounded, tactile detail and more expansive, immersive states. A sense of warmth and permeability runs throughout: organic percussion, environmental textures and drifting rhythmic elements lend the record a gently saturated humidity, reflecting Peterson’s base in Hawaii, where the presence of nature is felt as much as it is heard.

Underlying the project is a way of working rooted in gathering, listening and tending. Instruments, ensemble sessions, field recordings and everyday environments are approached with attentiveness, shaped through collecting, refining and allowing things to settle. Relationships, landscape and lived experience shape the sound, giving Iseo a tactile, almost hand-made quality.

Rather than fixed arrangements, the album feels as if it has been organically and lovingly assembled through a process of listening and response, each element finding its place within a wider, evolving whole. This approach reaches a natural centre point in the 15-minute piece Medianoche En La Calle Aurora, which unfolds patiently, bending through shifting environments as motifs and textures emerge and dissolve with quiet continuity.

Peterson’s role as both instigator and facilitator is central to the project. Bringing together a diverse group of collaborators including Carlos Niño, Mia Doi Todd, Laraaji, Ko Ishikawa, Luis Pérez Ixoneztli and Miles Spilsbury, he creates space for individual voices to emerge within a shared language. The result is music defined by openness and generosity.

Iseo takes its title from Peterson’s son’s middle name, a word that can be understood to mean one-world life. The piece itself takes the form of a gentle lullaby, its melody loosely shaped around the syllables of his name and sung to Peterson’s son by Luis Pérez Ixoneztli, a close collaborator whose presence across the record reflects a long-standing relationship that extends beyond the music itself.

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