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ARTIST
TITLE
The Long Song
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
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PRLP 014LP
PRLP 014LP
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RELEASE DATE
7/14/2023
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Caught in and delayed by the snarl-up of the pandemic, the long song finally sees the light of day... this vinyl album by drøne (Mike Harding and Mark Van Hoen) introduces sung voices to add character and tonality to the familiar miasma of field recordings, modular synth, static, electronics, found sounds, and "musique concrete". Recorded on various continents in the febrile atmosphere leading up to those watershed years which saw complex realignments and reassessments not only politically but also socially and economically, the long song takes you on a strange and involving journey incorporating all these elements. Anna von Hausswolff, on whose label (Pomperipossa Records) this album is released, is one of seven female voices which reassert the feminine while the male world falls apart. Nature found new space within which to express itself as the combustion engine took back stage with flights cancelled and motor traffic consigned to the garage. And fresh feminine energy also found new parameters within which to operate, both domestically or in the wider world. Nico Van Hoen is a documentary photographer studying photojournalism at University of the Arts, London. Traversing the intersectional relationship between photography, memory, and the passage of time; Nico's artistic practice attempts to explore how by photographing a memory, you are killing it and therefore solidifying its nature as a thing of the past. Focusing largely on concerns with questions about the nature of memory, the power of images, and the ways that we use photography to preserve and remember moments from our lives. Voices by Galya Bisengalieva, Ipek Gorgun, Bana Haffar, Alex Hoang, Bethan Kellough, Anna von Hausswolff, Jana Winderen. Organ played by Claire M Singer at Union Chapel Crickets, recorded by Dave the Cap, Sumida, Tokyo. Recorded, edited, and mixed by Mike Harding and Mark Van Hoen; Photography and typography by Nico Van Hoen; Layout by Philip Marshall; Mastered by Charlie Campagna; Cut by Jason @ Transition.
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