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The Squid's Ear Magazine
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Lash / Farmer / Hughes

Droplets

Lash / Farmer / Hughes: Droplets (Another Timbre)

A 20-minute improvisation plus realisations of scores by the Wandelweiser composers Eva-Maria Houben & Taylan Susam, including an extraordinary outdoor performance of Houben's Nachtstuck for solo bass.
 

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Dominic Lash-doublebass

Patrick Farmer-percussion

Sarah Hughes-zither, piano

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Label: Another Timbre
Catalog ID: at45
Squidco Product Code: 14941

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2011
Country: UK
Packaging: Jewel Tray
Tracks 1-3 recorded at The Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University on January 30th, 2011. Track 4 recorded in a small wood above the village of Hathersage, Derbyshire, September 11th, 2010.
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"Born Cambridge, England, in January 1980; played bass guitar since 1994; studied with Hugh Boyd and Pascha Milner and at Basstech (London) with Rob Burns, Terry Gregory and others. Played double bass since 2001; basically self taught, with grateful thanks to Simon H. Fell. First class BA in English Literature from Oxford University (2002). Received MA Composition from Oxford Brookes University in 2003, having studied with Paul Whitty, Ray Lee and others. Received PhD from Brunel University in 2010, having studied the work of Derek Bailey, Helmut Lachenmann and JH Prynne and been supervised by Richard Barrett and John Croft."

-Dominic Lash Website (http://dominiclash.blogspot.com/p/dominic-lash_5.html)
9/14/2026

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"Patrick Farmer (b.1983) is a musician and sound artist working within improvisation and composition. Commonly referred to as a percussionist, Farmer will often enlist the help of a drum or turntable to act as a resonator for natural materials or filtering field recordings. He has performed throughout Europe and America, including concerts at the ICA, Stockholm National Gallery, and The Radiator Festival. He has recently spent time as artist in residence at Q-O2 in Belgium and MOKS in Estonia, with a forthcoming residency at Soundfjord, London."

-Sounds of Europe (http://www.soundsofeurope.eu/artist/patrick-farmer/)
9/14/2026

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"Sarah Hughes is a London-based improviser playing the chorded zither, piano and e-bow. she is part of the Loris ensemble."

-Squidco 9/14/2026

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