one thousand bird symmetry (anxiety call to wings)
from one thousand birds symphony by GRICE
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital AlbumLimited edition 11 track CD of 'One Thousand Birds Symphony'
Features bonus track, morning glory (original demo) recorded by GRICE at Swanston House .
Housed in a 4-panel lancing pack gatefold cover with original artwork by GRICE. First 50 copies signed by the artist.
Includes unlimited streaming of one thousand birds symphony via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.ships out within 30 daysedition of 400£10 GBP or more
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one thousand bird symmetry (anxiety call to wings)
The track begins with the sound of summer passing, a thousand house martins on the wing.
This sound is so powerful and evocative and draws your gaze up to the skies to witness the precise flight paths of these spectacular aeronauts.
Their collective noun is a richness or swoop - fitting and just.
The aerodynamic shape and silhouette that they produce in the dusk are so perfect.
The sound that they make on the wing is unique and instantly reminded me of a percussive instrument, more specifically the sound of the sagaat, an Egyptian finger cymbal. My dear and sadly departed friend and master percussionist Hossam Ramzy was a fine exponent and I reached for the sagaats that he had recorded for my album Alexandrine.
I paired these with the chattering of the martins and the two sounds felt as though they had always been friends and blended in a pleasing way. (To me anyway)
The martins are interrupted by the alarm or anxiety calls of the blackbird who rules the garden (front back and all around).
The timing and rhythms that they create are unique to the world of birds and do not follow geometry or human divisions or ticks.
I worked with the wonderful cellos of Eliza Carew on these calls. Eliza features all over my last album one thousand birds and her playing is integral and plentiful on the symphony release. There are a number of thematic melodies and motifs that appear on the symphony that were realised on the the one thousand birds album.
The cello marries so completely with the birds wether it be individually struck with alarm calls or more fully bowed and woven around the birdsong.
Eliza remarked that: ‘Somehow the birdsong’s natural character was amplified, and I felt in the quiet moments that I really heard everything, like it was heightening my awareness. Maybe the high frequencies make us listen differently, in a more focused way.’
The track begins with the sound of summer passing, a thousand house martins on the wing.
This sound is so powerful and evocative and draws your gaze up to the skies to witness the precise flight paths of these spectacular aeronauts.
Their collective noun is a richness or swoop - fitting and just.
The aerodynamic shape and silhouette that they produce in the dusk are so perfect.
The sound that they make on the wing is unique and instantly reminded me of a percussive instrument, more specifically the sound of the sagaat, an Egyptian finger cymbal. My dear and sadly departed friend and master percussionist Hossam Ramzy was a fine exponent and I reached for the sagaats that he had recorded for my album Alexandrine.
I paired these with the chattering of the martins and the two sounds felt as though they had always been friends and blended in a pleasing way. (To me anyway)
The martins are interrupted by the alarm or anxiety calls of the blackbird who rules the garden (front back and all around).
The timing and rhythms that they create are unique to the world of birds and do not follow geometry or human divisions or ticks.
I worked with the wonderful cellos of Eliza Carew on these calls. Eliza features all over my last album one thousand birds and her playing is integral and plentiful on the symphony release. There are a number of thematic melodies and motifs that appear on the symphony that were realised on the the one thousand birds album.
The cello marries so completely with the birds wether it be individually struck with alarm calls or more fully bowed and woven around the birdsong.
Eliza remarked that: ‘Somehow the birdsong’s natural character was amplified, and I felt in the quiet moments that I really heard everything, like it was heightening my awareness. Maybe the high frequencies make us listen differently, in a more focused way.’
lyrics
Hope is the thing with feathers (254)
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.
Emily Dickinson - 1830-1886
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.
Emily Dickinson - 1830-1886
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from one thousand birds symphony,
released March 5, 2021
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GRICE UK
Art rock artist.
London born singer, songwriter, producer.
“GRICE makes music of exquisite beauty”. (Tom
Robinson)
BBC Radio 6 Music.
Grice has collaborated with Richard Barbieri, Steve Jansen, Raphael Ravenscroft, Hossam Ramzy, BJ Cole and more.
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