Surroundings 1 contains three improvisational performances recorded near a hiking trail stream in Kansas on December 11, 2021. The music was performed and recorded in quadraphonic format. The accompanying ambient sounds were recorded in ambisonic format at the same time. I synced & mixed the music and field recording later. This recording is QUARK encoded to play in both stereo and Regular Matrix quadraphonic sound. (Dolby Pro Logic II also works!) QUARK is made possible by dublab & the National Endowment for the Arts. Go here for more about QUARK: https://quark.cykik.com/