A contemplative solo work of subtle nuance and laden atmospheres, slowly drifting through a virtual landscape of dampened details, from London composer and improviser Sarah Hughes, performing on zither, piano, Hammond organ, sine tones, white noise, electric harpsichord, and objects, using an eBow to draw sustained tones over which delicate progressions advance.
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Label: Mappa
Catalog ID: MAP015
Squidco Product Code: 29276
Format: CASSETTE
Condition: New
Released: 2020
Country: Slovokia
Packaging: Cassette
Recorded at SARU studios, in Oxford, UK, in 2017, by Patrick Farmer.
"Panelák. Fenced square garden at the entrance. Tree limbs, dried skin of snake, snails with cracked shells. Once upon a time there were plants. Soaked orange peel in front of the door. Buzzing of door bells. Elevator drone. You count the floors while you follow the picture instructions. Capacity and weight of three-dimensional space. You are entering the apartment. Horseshoe above the door. A wooden mask next to a whistling kettle. Seashells in plastic box. Phantom signal. Sheep fur on the couch. You straighten out all the folds. Mute TV. Documentary program- wolves, octopus, worms and a shark. Clock metronome. One minute, two minutes, twenty-seven minutes. 60% polyester pyjamas. Brain-shaped smog behind the window. Smoke, dust or just fog. You put wax in one ear, cotton in the other. I love this city and its outlying lands. My romantic landscape.
Sarah Hughes' multidisciplinary arts practice, comprising composition, performance, curating and installation, revolves around the relationship between social and environmental systems of cooperation. The work draws from various contexts including ecology, feminist politics, alternative economies, land use, and protest in order to explore speculative systems of organisation and collaboration as the ground for social change.
Hughes's work has been exhibited and performed internationally, including at South London Gallery, Punt WG Amsterdam, Cass Sculpture Foundation, Supplement, and Modern Art Oxford. Her compositions have been performed by various ensembles and at various festivals including London Contemporary Music Festival, Music We'd Like To Hear, and Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Realisations of her compositions have been published by Another Timbre, Suppedaneum, Melange Editions, and Consumer Waste, and broadcast on the BBC."-Mappa
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Track Listing:
SIDE A
1. I Love This City And Its Outlying Lands 27:00
Cassettes
Compositional Forms
Electro-Acoustic
Piano & Keyboards
Electronic Forms
Objects and Home-made Instruments
Ambient & Minimal Music
Solo Artist Recordings
New in Compositional Music
Cassettes
Compositional Forms
Electro-Acoustic
Piano & Keyboards
Electronic Forms
Objects and Home-made Instruments
Ambient & Minimal Music
Solo Artist Recordings
New in Compositional Music
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