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Breath, noise and organ. Quiet actions and ecstatic responses.

Edited beginnings of field-recorded song sketches made over a couple of days in central Cambridge. Isolating breath and wind, and other environmental sounds, before melody and rhythm get involved.

Ecstasy of autophony, which is the virtual amniotic fluid in which I have songs, is approximated in a simple organ melody derived from various tonal sources, including road traffic and songbirds. PaulStretch edit of pre-song sounds for textural grounding. Arpeggiated VST synth derived from MIDI underscores the iterative nature of song sketching - switching a recorder on and off; taking a breath before humming or singing; proximate sounds preceding the song idea.

Music listening context: George Frideric Handel, 'Water Music' (Malcolm Sargent version); Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp minor; operatic works by US composer Robert Ashley; UK poet Holly Pester's noise/breath audio compositions.

Recorded between 1989 and 2019.

First issued, August 5, 2019.

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Raw, delicate, euphoric, natural virtuosity.

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Associated: Billy Childish, The Spartan Dreggs, Fire Dept. Vermin Poets.

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