Lawrence Casserley on percussion & processing, Philipp Wachsmann on violin, and Trevor Taylor on percussion & electronics, use the rings of Saturn as their guide in 2 recordings from Iklectick Arts Lab in London, and 3 recordings in the studio, using the mass of the moons around the rings as the durations of each track; subdued yet deeply spacious, superb interaction.
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2019 Country: UK Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold 3 Panels Tracks 1 and 5 were recorded at a Live concert at Iklectik Arts Lab, London July 23rd, 2017.
Tracks 2, 3, 4 were recorded at Visconti Studios, London on April 30th, 2017.
"The rings of Saturn are the most extensive ring system of any planet inthe Solar System. They consist of countless small particles, rangingfrom μm to m in size, that orbit about Saturn.
The ring particles are made almost entirely of water ice, with a tracecomponent of rocky material. Shepherd Moons orbit within, or just beyond, Saturn's ring system. They have the effect of sculpting the rings:giving them sharp edges, and creating gaps between them. Saturn'sShepherd Moons are Pan, Daphnis, Atlas, Prometheus and Pandora.
These moons probably formed as a result of accretion of the friablering material on pre-existing denser cores. The cores with sizes from one-third to one-half the present day moons may be themselves collisional shards formed when a parental satellite of the rings disintegrated.
The masses of the Shepherd Moons (x 1015) in ascending order are:Daphnis(0.084) - Pan(4.95) - Atlas(6.6) - Pandora(137.1) - Prometheus(159.5). We have mapped these masses to the durations of the tracks."-Liner Notes adapted from Wikipedia