Plain singing in church, by Song Research

Plain singing in church

by Song Research

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Available 6 August to 15 November 2019.

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1. The man who climbs under the shadow of inspiration - 00:00 - 00:23
2. Heading for the view - 00:24 - 03:04
3. Do you not know - 03:05 - 05:10

4. The First of the First Go’s - 05:11 - 08:11
5. My young loved eyes - 08:12 - 10:01
6. Every Ten Years - 10:02 - 11:56

Plain musical theatre. Focus on responses and natural virtuosity of first go’s. Ecstatic autophony. Comfort of resounding, a responsive part of nature. Writing and recording from the start. Sounds before reflections. Adaptive composition. Ecosystem of the present song, including spatial field effects and mixing; cultural contexts; open research; and visible storage.

Singing is always the start of my healing. So I went to sing plainly in church where I sang in the choir for a few years till I was 12, with a carrier bag full of words and a cassette of audio notes.
In response to the sounds of passing traffic and birds and memories of favourite hymn tunes.

Song 4 is an in-space re-recording of edited beginnings of field-recorded song sketches made over a couple of days in central Cambridge, emphasising breath, wind and other environmental sounds before melody and rhythm get involved.

Interlude sounds: close-mic recordings of stained glass windows heating and expanding in morning sun.

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Recorded on Zoom H5 with damaged X/Y mic module.
Tracked, edited and mixed in Logic Pro X
Mastered in Ableton

Digital version withdrawn 15 November 2019.

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released August 6, 2019

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See also: nielx.bandcamp.com; Fire Dept; Wild Billy Childish & The Spartan Dreggs.

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