CNVR15
release date: 14.Sep.2007
© Paul Bradley
PAUL BRADLEY - Somatic
format: CD-R
duration: 47 minutes, 1 track
limited to 100 numbered copies
price: 9 euros - shipping included
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Somatic is a mixture of sounds sourced from field recordings that were taken
mostly in Spain and Turkey, Cello, Voice, other instruments and various
manipulated objects; for example a large sheet of plastic glass. The resulting
drones and textures are fused together to try and create an effective mix
of abstracted phonography and more melodic instrumental movements.
Somatic means “of, relating to, or affecting the body; corporeal or physical”. I
felt this title particularly suited the work due to its more tangible, telluric,
or earthly quality. Recent releases such as ‘chroma’, have looked upwards
and beyond the confines of our normal horizons, whereas Somatic mirrors
and reinterprets more conventional surroundings.
Early working titles were based around the idea of being “without eyes” or
“without image” and this original concept was carried through with the sleeve
design. The focus is on the act of listening away from additional stimuli,
leaving the listener to create their own unique interpretations.
liner notes by Paul Bradley