Nicholas Maloney is a musician and sound artist currently based in Nashville, Tennessee.
Nicholas creates personal, evocative recordings that offer a space that can be used to practice the rewarding act of deep listening. He looks to challenge listeners’ focus and perception of sound while exploring the experiential nature of sound within the context of composition. He is interested in the interaction among texture, sound, space, microcosm and macrocosm.
Since 2015, he has recorded ambient music under the moniker Blanket Swimming, focusing on spontaneity, fluidity, texture, and presence.
ABOUT A QUIET VISION:
"These three pieces are focused around the electric guitar, looped and improvised in real time. Later on, field recordings were transformed and layered to add subtle texture to the flowing space of the music. The meaning of the work lies in its simplicity, space, and aimlessness." - Nicholas Maloney (2022)
"A Quiet Vision' is an album of subtle beauty and peaceful introspection. It is impressionistic ambient music in which you must build your own thoughts and extract your own meaning from. It encourages a sense of calm contemplation. Something we all need to do more of in this mad world. Glorious stuff."
- Fog Songs blog
fogsongs.blogspot.com/2022/10/bandcamp-recommendations-oct-22_30.html
"That unobtrusive, early morning ambient record that hits in the right places? Well, it may just be right here, and while there are many similar records dotted around the new music sphere, perhaps none land better than A Quiet Vision."
- Sun 13
sun-13.com/2022/11/14/weirdo-rippers-2/