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Glacial Loop (2007) 5m48s nil.23094 | 23094 |

Composer: Natasha Barrett

On my first attempt to record sound at the foot of Briksdalsbreen glacier I arrived when the wind was so strong that it forced rain horizontally into my face and body. For brief milliseconds I could open my eyes to glimpse a blue ice monolith through the turmoil. Some days later, on my second attempt, the scene was completely different. Although grey and drizzling, there was not a breath of wind and the forms in the ice were revealed: an enormous wall of blue twists and gashes suspended vertically an unknown distance away across a lake. Instinctively I jumped into the small rowing boat and with ceremony descended two hydrophones (underwater microphones) into the water. Our guide rowed so close to the face of the glacier that as my microphones recorded its electrical sparking, sucking, squeaking, whistling, burning and clicking sounds, I could at the same time run my hands over the smooth curves of its close-up form. To this constant singing and talking was added a single underwater ice fall. Slowly and gracefully the boat glided away from the face. Glacial Loop is an evocation of this boat journey.

 

Glank-50 (2002) 1m01s nil.10114 | 10114 |

Premiere: April 27, 2002, (Birmingham, England, UK)

Composer: Francis Dhomont

Pour le CD Bottoms up: Happy 50th Birthday Jonty.

Gradual (1974) 12m00s nil.10116 | 10116 |

Composer: Denis Smalley

amplified clarinets, and tape

Fylkingen Prize.

Other works (G)

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