both | and by Claude & Ola
Eerie, elemental piano and modular synth abstractions.
'both | and' documents the early days of Ola and Claude Aldous’ journey as an improvising duo, presented here as the pairing of piano and modular synthesizer.
Later performances have found Ola additionally stretching out into wordless vocals, bowed banjo, no-input mixing board, and electronics, but these recordings capture an elemental quality of their collaboration, present in all of their later works.
In addition to their sound practice they publish Deft Esoterica, a zine dedicated to experimental music and sound art.
"...odd pacing...bubbling...freaking....somewhat melancholic"
Full review here:
http://www.vitalweekly.net/1221.html
Tracklist
| 1. | mark making | 0:48 |
| 2. | nocturnal gesture | 5:21 |
| 3. | canopy | 4:00 |
| 4. | yellow breeze | 3:08 |
| 5. | beneath the blows | 1:35 |
| 6. | spaces in red | 1:24 |
| 7. | orders of magnitude | 5:16 |
| 8. | landing | 1:52 |
| 9. | displaced observer | 3:36 |
Credits
released January 15, 2020
Music by Claude & Ola
Recorded by Joel Hurd, Summer 2017
Art by Ola Aldous
Layout by Ross Scott-Buccleuch
Deft Esoterica zine can be found here:
deftesoterica.bandcamp.com
Contact:
deftesoterica@gmail.com
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Music by Claude & Ola
Recorded by Joel Hurd, Summer 2017
Art by Ola Aldous
Layout by Ross Scott-Buccleuch
Deft Esoterica zine can be found here:
deftesoterica.bandcamp.com
Contact:
deftesoterica@gmail.com
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