Cultivation is an outdoor annual event in Detroit, catering to ambient, new age, and electronica music. Created in 2015 by Westerbur & Rowe (Northern Ashram), the event brought together artists Sounds of the Dawn, Justin Walter (Kranky), David Shettler (Midwich Productions), Blair French (Claremont 56/Rocksteady Disco), Dave Graw (AnInterval), Erik Maluchnik (Northern Ashram), Warren Defever (of His Name is Alive), and more. In the midst of it all, Cultivation: First Edition manifested as the first in a series of vinyl releases. This double vinyl is blessed by Windy & Carl, Mazri / Imzra, Blair French, and Arthur Colvin. Each side represents one modern sound sculptor on this one time pressing of 500 copies.