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beam | charcoal

by jez riley french

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lsgcd00 1 you are introduced to the wonderful sound of tree rubbing, bending, stretching. As it progresses a feeling of anticipation builds.
2 wraps you n the sound of the fire, you can sense the flame licking around you
3 has a hypnotic background tones that are behind the creaks and rings that remind you that this is a natural recording it gradually builds conveying a sense of movement, .
4. This reminded me of the rhymical clapping of a Flamenco dancer. Whilst feeling the heat of wraps around you.
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  • jez riley french - 'beam | charcoal' photo book + ty cd

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    (. 1) recorded during a residency at Moks, Estonia
    (. 2) recorded during a residency at The Wired Lab, Australia
    (. 3) recorded close to where I live, east yorkshire
    (. 4) recorded during a residency at Moks, Estonia


    these four recordings are of trees and hedge branches - standing, fallen, cut and turning to charcoal.

    released for a month as a digital download only this 2014 release soon attracted a fair bit of attention. Now re-released as a limited ty cd accompanied by a book of JrF’s brooding photographs of woods and forests at night.

    ‘a release of the natural sounds of trees in various states that allows you to re-tune your ears. Worth a purchase for the long bonfire track on its own. Remarkable. The images show another fascinating side to French’s visual work’

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(. 1) recorded during a residency at Moks, Estonia
(. 2) recorded during a residency at The Wired Lab, Australia
(. 3) recorded close to where I live, east yorkshire
(. 4) recorded during a residency at Moks, Estonia


these four recordings are of trees and hedge branches - standing, fallen, cut and turning to charcoal.


for me there are indeed connections between field recording and photography - some are obvious of course, but mostly they are personal. Choosing images for the artwork of a release is, as far as i’m concerned, part of the compositional process. I

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released November 22, 2014

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Jez riley French Yorkshire, UK

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