Breaking News
by Hildegard Westerkamp
Richard Nance
Richard Nance
There's no point to try to 'choose a track' from this collection. Each piece carries a weight all it's own. It's hard to believe that some of them were made so far apart in time.
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ericmaestri
ericmaestri
Like a lot the languages; sounds; seems new and old with Westerkamp
fluxmonkey
Jim Cummings
Cerpintxt
tmthycnnlly
Jonathan Snipes
clementkent
Nur_Se
Loma Doom
Lokimotive
musnutsch
christopher delaurenti
dr-nightmare
PEDRO MONTESINOS
zephyr707
J.-P. Drecourt
maxle
jon_leidecker
Alex Waterman
Matthew Wuethrich
earthbodymoving
Harri
Carl Ritger
mog
John Carroll
gairsay99
Will Bankhead
liamelliot
Tatti Persson
peteswans
Casey Anderson
pat1985
newd
Steven Ball
aaronboehler
Juan Andrés Luque
Jeremy Grimshaw
meagreresource
breezedream
Martin Hoogeboom
bk
simon rogers
carls_jr
Gary Strasburg
Nicholas Shunda
ASA Records
Ricardo Huisman
daryljamieson
Leena Lee
Stefan Smulovitz
Steve Barsotti
nvals
tinalistening
claudeschryer
nadalex
andreas_mniestris
mike weis
Brett Masteller
Jennifer Lucy Allan
amirkhanian
ayelet rose gottlieb איילת רוז גוטליב
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MotherVoiceTalk
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Moments of Laughter
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Once Upon a Time
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école polytechnique
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Breaking News
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This album wants to stir, unsettle and surprise. But unlike with breaking news in the regular media, it refuses to transmit feelings of helplessness, fear and terror. Instead it wants to energize and revitalize, even when it grapples with incidents of violence and death. The pieces presented here were created between 1988 and 2012. In their togetherness they highlight and celebrate voices that are often relegated to the personal domain: sounds of new life, of unusual artistic sensibilities, of children’s and female voices. They have the power to tip the balance in our lives, in favour of love, resilience and human compassion. If we choose to listen!
“Breaking News invites the listener to surrender to a journey to the place and time of the recording, transitioning into an abstraction of the original sounds, guided by her studio practice with looping, filtering, equalising, resonating, reverberating. It brings all the technique, sound research and creative thinking of a career spanning half a century into the present moment where for Westerkamp, headphones are still for listening, not fashion.”
Jo Hutton, The Wire 460, p. 45 (excerpt)
“Breaking News invites the listener to surrender to a journey to the place and time of the recording, transitioning into an abstraction of the original sounds, guided by her studio practice with looping, filtering, equalising, resonating, reverberating. It brings all the technique, sound research and creative thinking of a career spanning half a century into the present moment where for Westerkamp, headphones are still for listening, not fashion.”
Jo Hutton, The Wire 460, p. 45 (excerpt)
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released March 25, 2022
ARTISTS
MotherVoiceTalk features the voices of Roy Kiyooka, Hildegard Westerkamp, Agnes Westerkamp, Mary Kiyoshi Kiyooka.
Moments of Laughter features the voices of DB Boyko (performance vocals) and Sonja Ruebsaat (child's voice).
Once Upon A Time narrators: Amber Martin-Ruebsaat and Sibling; girl’s voice: Sonja Ruebsaat.
École polytechnique was performed by the choir of the Université du Québec à Montréal, directed by Miklós Takács.; Lori Freedman, bass clarinet; Lisa Rodrigue and Véronique Lucignano, trumpets; Daniel Fortin, percussion; and Johanne Latreille, bells. The original live recording by Charles Amirkhanian was the basis for the heightened listening experience presented here.
Breaking News features the voice and sounds of the composer’s first grandchild.
All tracks composed by Hildegard Westerkamp © 2021 (SOCAN)
Executive Producer: John Oliver
Editing and mixing: Hildegard Westerkamp
Mastering: John Oliver
Cover photo: Hildegard Westerkamp
Cover design: Seiya Oliver
Booklet design: John Oliver
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℗ 2022 earsay productions
MADE IN CANADA - MAPL
ARTISTS
MotherVoiceTalk features the voices of Roy Kiyooka, Hildegard Westerkamp, Agnes Westerkamp, Mary Kiyoshi Kiyooka.
Moments of Laughter features the voices of DB Boyko (performance vocals) and Sonja Ruebsaat (child's voice).
Once Upon A Time narrators: Amber Martin-Ruebsaat and Sibling; girl’s voice: Sonja Ruebsaat.
École polytechnique was performed by the choir of the Université du Québec à Montréal, directed by Miklós Takács.; Lori Freedman, bass clarinet; Lisa Rodrigue and Véronique Lucignano, trumpets; Daniel Fortin, percussion; and Johanne Latreille, bells. The original live recording by Charles Amirkhanian was the basis for the heightened listening experience presented here.
Breaking News features the voice and sounds of the composer’s first grandchild.
All tracks composed by Hildegard Westerkamp © 2021 (SOCAN)
Executive Producer: John Oliver
Editing and mixing: Hildegard Westerkamp
Mastering: John Oliver
Cover photo: Hildegard Westerkamp
Cover design: Seiya Oliver
Booklet design: John Oliver
es-22001
℗ 2022 earsay productions
MADE IN CANADA - MAPL
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earsay music is a boutique music label based in Vancouver Canada specializing in gutsy new sounds for electronics, computers
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