Seasonal Diary II: Lush Abundance

seasonal diary II: Lush abundance

As we enter into a new season of blossoming and rebirth, we embrace diversity in creating balance and harmony. It’s all echoed in Lush Abundance, the second edition of our Seasonal Diary series which examines the cycles of life and the changes in nature at different times of the year. Through the language of sound, we aim to explore the complex feelings and emotions that are part and parcel of these radical changes. Featuring seven different interpretations by artists from a wide range of backgrounds, the resulting narrative is multifaceted yet distinctly versatile.

 

The journey begins with a delicately crafted piano piece by claire rousay, ‘i would like a simple life,’ which, undiminished by environmental sounds and the artist’s breath, brings us closer to her intimate and domestic surroundings. Then, deep in the forest, we encounter a flock of birds in ‘Tok’, whose feverish cries are punctuated by Adela Mede and DASA’s straight-from-the-gut vocals, repeating the Slovak phrase zanechaj niečo, meaning to leave something behind, encouraging to free oneself from cares. In ‘Magenta’, the atmosphere becomes as bright and vivid as the color, with Alexandra Spence and Delphine Dora softly stripping down their instruments to a soft string stroke, disrupting their dialogue with abstractly murmuring voices. Angelo Harmsworth’s ‘Brown Leather’ dismantles this puzzle with gently boisterous frequencies, in which each element seems to be constantly rising and exploding above the others, as if fighting for access to oxygen and light. This awakening from hibernation is portrayed closely in ‘blossom like rust’, where Law of Glances spins a tale of letting go of overburdened heaviness and making room for new beginnings. Ending with almost mystical electronic glitches, they find their continuation in the ecstatic dance of tape-looped synth passages in Nikolaienko’s ‘Ambianta VII’, which is a resounding expectation of a longed-for blossoming and rebirth. The growing sense of lightness persists in ‘Spring Glitches and Hay Fevers’, in which Kate Carr combines foley soundscapes with digital stutters, leaving us gently awakened as the season begins to bloom.

 

Awaiting the new, this thoughtful diary of intimate confessions and joyful anticipation becomes a sonic space of collective understanding and reassurance that we all seem to be seeking.

meet the artists

  • Claire Rousay

    Passionate about the emotional aspect of everyday lives, her work is an intentional search for shared human emotions and their multiple perspectives.

    Claire Rousay

    Passionate about the emotional aspect of everyday lives, her work is an intentional search for shared human emotions and their multiple perspectives.

  • Adela Mede 

    Using her voice as her primary instrument and treating nature as a connecting point, she creates landscapes with care, instilling a sense of place.

    Adela Mede 

    Using her voice as her primary instrument and treating nature as a connecting point, she creates landscapes with care, instilling a sense of place.

  • DASA

    With unique vocals that fill the space with vibrant harmony, her music roams the fringes of genres in search of undiscovered sonic territories.

    DASA

    With unique vocals that fill the space with vibrant harmony, her music roams the fringes of genres in search of undiscovered sonic territories.

  • Alexandra Spence

    By turning the inaudible into the audible, her music, filled with micro-sounds and tickling vibrations, aims to reveal hidden sound universes.

    Alexandra Spence

    By turning the inaudible into the audible, her music, filled with micro-sounds and tickling vibrations, aims to reveal hidden sound universes.

  • Delphine Dora

    With perseverance and endearing patience, she creates a world of intimate confessions. Enchanted by the sounds of a majestic organ mixed with the tenderness of her voice.

    Delphine Dora

    With perseverance and endearing patience, she creates a world of intimate confessions. Enchanted by the sounds of a majestic organ mixed with the tenderness of her voice.

  • Angelo Harmsworth

    His compositions are vast waves of noise balanced with delicacy that can be felt in even the smallest structures. 

    Angelo Harmsworth

    His compositions are vast waves of noise balanced with delicacy that can be felt in even the smallest structures. 

  • Law of Glances

    Their music weaves mysterious tales through foggy moods, icy vocals, and smoky sounds, lulling you into the weightlessness of a drowsy rhythm.

    Law of Glances

    Their music weaves mysterious tales through foggy moods, icy vocals, and smoky sounds, lulling you into the weightlessness of a drowsy rhythm.

  • Kate Carr

    Taking the sounds of the world she encounters and fusing them with digital tones, she composes expansive environments that become a unique world of their own.

    Kate Carr

    Taking the sounds of the world she encounters and fusing them with digital tones, she composes expansive environments that become a unique world of their own.

  • Nikolaienko

    In the spirit of nostalgia and in praise of the looped magnetic tape, his music acts as a safe place for memories, unearthing forgotten material and giving it a new life form.

    Nikolaienko

    In the spirit of nostalgia and in praise of the looped magnetic tape, his music acts as a safe place for memories, unearthing forgotten material and giving it a new life form.

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