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01. Laura Cannell - Flaxen Fields
02. Laura Cannell - Untethered
03. Laura Cannell - Landmark
04. Laura Cannell - Flaming Torches
05. Laura Cannell - Organum
06. Laura Cannell - Transient Thresholds
07. Laura Cannell - Striking the Lost Bells
ARTIST
TITLE
The Sky Untuned
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
BRAWL 014CD BRAWL 014CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
5/10/2019

Laura Cannell's fifth album The Sky Untuned was recorded in one take at St Andrew's Church, Raveningham, Norfolk, UK in December 2018. The seven tracks were composed and developed during a hectic period of commissions, tours and musical adventures. The Sky Untuned takes as it's starting point the theory of the music of the spheres, in which the universe is constantly making sound that humans cannot hear. The music is teased out of the land and sky and performed using Cannell's signature minimalist chamber sounds, utilizing extended instrumental techniques of overbowed violin (with deconstructed bass viol bow wrapped around the violin to produce drone and melody), scordatura violin tunings, and double recorders (inspired by medieval stone carvings). RIYL: Colin Stetson, Sarah Neufield, Sarah Davachi, Hen Ogledd, Eiko Ishibashi, Senyawa, Ipek Gorgun, Ben Vince, Heather Leigh, Daniel O'Sullivan, Alexander Tucker, Eric Chenaux, Cucina Povera, Guttersnipe, Richard Dawson, Richard Skelton, Rhodri Davies.