Joanna Bailie's music on this album uses recorded sounds, which are modified and then overlaid with instrumental writing, to create narratives and explore the world.
Recording & Production
The album was recorded at All Saints Church, East Finchley, London, on June 14-15, 2018, with David Lefeber as Recording Engineer & Producer.
Composer Biography
Joanna Bailie, born in London in 1973, now lives in Berlin and studied composition with Richard Barrett and electronic music in Holland and at Columbia University.
Performer Biography
Joanna Bailie co-founded Plus-Minus Ensemble in 2003 with composer Matthew Shlomowitz, an ensemble committed to commissioning new work and performing modern repertoire.
Composer Biography
Joanna Bailie's recent work often combines field recordings with acoustic instruments and explores the interplay between audio and visual elements, including camera obscura and film.
Compositional Technique
A recurrent technique in Joanna Bailie's work is placing 'real-life' recorded sound next to a denatured instrumental version of itself, creating a 'trans-medial heterophony'.
Composition History
The piece Symphony-Street-Souvenir was commissioned by the Ives Ensemble in 2010, and Artificial Environments Nos. 1 to 5 was commissioned by CESARE and L'instant Donné in 2011.
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