in lockdown

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1.	consequences #1 (for Roscoe) 02:06	buy track
2.	the linking bond 06:08	buy track
3.	The Dancer in Light (for Kathy) 05:12	buy track
4.	what about eulalia 01:55	buy track
5.	consequences #2 (for Craig) 05:14	buy track
6.	The Slaves Lament 05:00	buy track
7.	our shared interests 05:14	buy track
8.	idumea 04:16	buy track
9.	consequences #3 (for Hugh) 05:30	buy track

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'in lockdown' follows experiences of the pandemic for an expanded hymn collective.

From improvised duets to composed fragments used as an instigation for improvised sections, the album also includes a rendition of 'idumea' recorded by George and Chris for the 'Songs for Christmas' event of Sufjan Stevens covers, and a starting point for an anti-slavery project that will continue with an EP of its own.

Bass clarinet and flugelhorn entangle, whilst prepared piano and percussion clatters, and atmospheric trumpet loops. Finally, the album finds itself at Anteros art gallery in Norwich for the only live (in person) duo, a final consequences version by Chris and Natural Causes head honcho Hugh Nankivell. Song-like chords accompany breathy trumpet in an open-ended composition.

An alternative hymn arrangement for unprecedented circumstances unfolds in a game of consequences...

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released February 5, 2021

Tracks 1, 4, 5 & 7 - Chris Dowding (trumpet & laptop synth) & Zac Gvi (piano, bass clarinet & percussion) // Tracks 2, 6 & 8 - Chris Dowding (cornet, trumpet, flugelhorn & effects) & George McKay (double bass) // Track 9 - Chris Dowding (trumpet) & Hugh Nankivell (piano) // Track 3 - Zac Gvi (piano)

Tracks 1, 2, 3, 5 & 9 composed by Chris Dowding. Tracks 4 & 7 composed by Chris Dowding and Zac Gvi. Track 6 composed by Robert Burns. Track 8 composed by Anania Davisson.

All tracks recorded at home by the musicians, apart from track 9, recorded at Anteros, Norwich in August 2020. Tracks 1, 3, 4, 5 & 7 mixed by Zac Gvi. Tracks 2, 6, 8 & 9 mixed by Paul Keeler. Mastered by Paul Keeler. Artwork by Paul Levy.

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hymn Norwich, UK

hymn is a group from Norwich, comprising a trio with electronics of Chris Dowding, George McKay and David Ross.

They play with guests and in improvised configurations, including violinist Sylvia Hallett and vinyl improviser Graham Dunning.

They play spacious improvisations informed by spare composed material, "with aching melodies emerging from a gnarly scratchy undertow" (John Sharpe). ... more

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