silence, then birds

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Very limited edition CD of the Confront Recordings CD, 'silence, then birds' - features this album, though the tracks are in the wrong order...

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1.	silence, then birds 24:06	buy track
2.	camouflage, last peace 14:19	buy track
3.	ourselves, our bodies 10:26	buy track

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"The end result is a beauty crafted from simple parts. But such apparent simplicity is based on considerable artifice, with everyone utilizing electronics, creating a latticework of repeating loops in real time. As important as what they play is the shared agreement about when to pull back, revealing not quite silence, but rather the ambience which remains when everything else is switched off." (John Sharpe, All About Jazz)

"A slight exception might be the beginning of the second track “Camouflage, Last Peace”: one pictures the musicians throwing all the raw ingredients at once in a shape-twisting mechanism, then relaxing to watch the outcome while adding more snippets and shards as the minutes elapse." (Massimo Ricci, Touching Extremes)

This album was originally released by Confront Recordings as ccs 96 in 2018. Many thanks to Mark Wastell for allowing us to make it available as a download.

Chris Dowding: trumpets & electronics
Sylvia Hallett: violin, bicycle wheel, saw & electronics
David Ross: davestation

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released April 28, 2020

Tracks 1 & 3 recorded at St. Paul's Sessions, at St. Paul's Church, Marylebone on 5th May 2018. Track 2 recorded at Camouflage at Anteros, Norwich on 4th July 2018.

Produced by Chris Dowding and Sylvia Hallett. Mixed by Sylvia Hallett. Mastered by Richard Scott.

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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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