#4977, Sonic Hauntings
Listen to an hour of Sonic Hauntings – either places or a ship - haunted by whispered voices of the past in music by UK-based sound artist Joseph Young; transatlantic folk songwriter Cinder Well; Brooklyn-based Bing and Ruth; and Polish composer and pianist Hania Rani. Plus, a classic work by English composer and bassist Gavin Bryars.
UK-based sound artist Joseph Young evokes the voices of the past, and the complex histories of a Big House in Ireland - Bray’s Killruddery House & Gardens (dating from the 17th C.)- through field recordings, voice(s) and retro-futuristic sonic layering. His Sonic Hauntings in a Big House came out of a years-long practice-based PhD research project “focusing on aspects of sonic hauntology as it relates to the heritage space” (Bandcamp liner notes). Hear several pieces from his debut recording.
The transatlantic “doom folk” singer and songwriter Cinder Well weaves together traditional folk, ambient drone, and doom metal's space in one dark and trancey tapestry. Her music often has a haunted, nocturnal quality and is also informed by traditional forms and tunes of County Clare, even as she adds haunting and meditative soundscapes to her original tunes. Hear her song, “Our Lady’s’” - imagined stories of spectral abandoned asylum residents, with a unique point of view. Plus, a ghost of Brooklyn’s past appears in music by Bing and Ruth; there are half-heard voices from the past in music by Polish pianist, composer and singer Hania Rani, and listen to some of a classic by Gavin Bryars – his work, The Sinking of the Titanic. - Caryn Havlik
Program #4977, Sonic Hauntings (First aired 2/12/2025)
ARTIST: Joseph Young
WORK: Is there a Ghost in the House? [1:39]
RECORDING: Sonic Hauntings in a Big House
SOURCE: Farpoint Recordings
INFO: https://ofnoises.bandcamp.com/album/sonic-hauntings-in-a-big-house
ARTIST: Joseph Young
WORK: The Big House is Always There [3:51]
RECORDING: Sonic Hauntings in a Big House
SOURCE: Farpoint Recordings
INFO: https://ofnoises.bandcamp.com/album/sonic-hauntings-in-a-big-house
ARTIST: Joseph Young
WORK: Safe Beneath His Cross [4:20]
RECORDING: Sonic Hauntings in a Big House
SOURCE: Farpoint Recordings
INFO: https://ofnoises.bandcamp.com/album/sonic-hauntings-in-a-big-house
ARTIST: Cinder Well
WORK: Our Lady's [9:15]
RECORDING: No Summer
SOURCE: Free Dirt Records
INFO: cinderwell.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Joseph Young
WORK: Is there a Ghost in the House? [3:18]
RECORDING: Sonic Hauntings in a Big House
SOURCE: Farpoint Recordings
INFO: https://ofnoises.bandcamp.com/album/sonic-hauntings-in-a-big-house
ARTIST: Bing and Ruth
WORK: Oh Ghost [10:20]
RECORDING: Kentile Floors
SOURCE: Bing and Ruth
INFO: Try Discogs.com
ARTIST: Hania Rani
WORK: Whispering House feat. Olafur Arnalds [4:53]
RECORDING: Ghosts
SOURCE: Gondwana Records
INFO: https://haniarani.bandcamp.com/album/ghosts
ARTIST: Joseph Young
WORK: Listening to the Archive [3:40]
RECORDING: Sonic Hauntings in a Big House
SOURCE: Farpoint Recordings
INFO: https://ofnoises.bandcamp.com/album/sonic-hauntings-in-a-big-house
ARTIST: Gavin Bryars
WORK: The Sinking of the Titanic [4:11]
RECORDING: Bryars: The Sinking Of The Titanic / Barnett, Bryars Ensemble, et al
SOURCE: Philips
INFO: https://gavinbryars.bandcamp.com/album/sinking-of-the-titanic
