#4775, Portraits of the Land, Sea, and Underworld
Hear music on land from UK artist Tiny Leaves (aka Joel Nathaniel Pike). There's music on sea from saxophonist, multi-reedist, and composer Colin Stetson, featuring bagpiper Brìghde Chaimbeul and vocalist Iarla Ó Lionáird. Finally, music from underground by Lawrence English and Lea Bertucci on their album, Chthonic.
We start with the land, and Mynd, the album from Tiny Leaves, the alter ego of English composer Joel Nathaniel Pike. He uses field recordings from the Shropshire countryside intermixed with strings and lyrical piano to create entrancing soundscapes. Tiny Leaves gathered the recordings with an old tape recorder as a part of his residency with the National Trust at The Long Mynd, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Then, we move to the sea with Colin Stetson’s 2023 album When we were that what wept for the sea. This album was created after the unexpected passing of Stetson’s father. The record features Iarla Ó Lionáird on vocals, Brìghde Chaimbeul on Scottish smallpipes, and Toby Summerfield and Matt Combs on guitars and strings, respectively.
Finally, we go underground. Chthonic is the result of a long-distance collaboration by Australian composer Lawrence English and American sound artist Lea Bertucci. The two met in 2019 at the Novas Frequencia festival in Rio de Janeiro. The pair were inspired by pressure, density, and movement of both the Earth and sound. You’ll hear the combination of these influences in the track “Geology of Fire.” - Laura Boyman
#4775, Portraits of the Land, Sea, and Underworld
ARTIST: Tiny Leaves
WORK: Selections from Mynd
RECORDING: Mynd
SOURCE: Self-Released
INFO: tinyleaves.bandcamp.com/album/mynd
ARTIST: Colin Stetson (ft. Iarla Ó Lionáird)
WORK: The Lighthouse V
RECORDING: When we were that what wept for the sea
SOURCE: Self-Released
INFO: colinstetson.bandcamp.com/album/when-we-were-that-what-wept-for-the-sea
ARTIST: Colin Stetson
WORK: Long before the sky would open
RECORDING: When we were that what wept for the sea
SOURCE: Self-Released
INFO: colinstetson.bandcamp.com/album/when-we-were-that-what-wept-for-the-sea
ARTIST: Colin Stetson (ft. Iarla Ó Lionáird)
WORK: The Lighthouse III
RECORDING: When we were that what wept for the sea
SOURCE: Self-Released
INFO: colinstetson.bandcamp.com/album/when-we-were-that-what-wept-for-the-sea
ARTIST: Lawrence English and Lea Bertucci
WORK: Geology of Fire
RECORDING: Chthonic
SOURCE: American Dreams
INFO: lawrenceenglishleabertucci.bandcamp.com/album/chthonic
