about the cassette
Heavenly Spheres is an eight-piece album recorded during a two-week residency for Britten Pears Arts at the house in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, where the composer, teacher, and musicologist Imogen Holst lived.
Heavenly Spheres is the result of Penelope Trappes experimenting with only her voice, an upright piano, and an old German reel-to-reel tape deck. She explains, “I immersed myself in solitude and often deafening silence, coexisting with an enormous amount of history and books. I grew to love this unfamiliar space as I recorded sounds outside my usual way of working, took long and sometimes psychedelic walks, channeled ghosts on tape, and ended up with about 35 pieces of music and sound art. This album comprises eight of those pieces which I fell in love with.”
The album is an often-delicate study, with unearthed sounds seemingly rising from the integrated tape hiss. Across the eight pieces, disembodied voices and delicate piano figures dance around hypnagogic songs at the edge of consciousness.
Nite Hive is Penelope Trappes’ new imprint, designed as a label run by and for women and gender nonconforming artists, allowing the free exploration of their approach to experimental music. Nite Hive aims to expand the template by welcoming audio work from the edges of sound, art, and beyond—creating without restriction or question to shift paradigms within the music industry.
- 1 - The Bitterness Of Parting 4:13
- 2 - Away From Tidal Waves 5:52
- 3 - Voices that Will Not Be Drowned 3:05
- 4 - Heavenly Spheres 2:32
- 5 - A Seagull Learns To Sleep Alone 3:26
- 6 - Entangled 3:34
- 7 - The Lapse Of Months And Days 2:23
- 8 - Pearl 2:25
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- 1 - The Bitterness Of Parting 4:13
- 2 - Away From Tidal Waves 5:52
- 3 - Voices that Will Not Be Drowned 3:05
- 4 - Heavenly Spheres 2:32
- 5 - A Seagull Learns To Sleep Alone 3:26
- 6 - Entangled 3:34
- 7 - The Lapse Of Months And Days 2:23
- 8 - Pearl 2:25
about the cassette
Heavenly Spheres is an eight-piece album recorded during a two-week residency for Britten Pears Arts at the house in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, where the composer, teacher, and musicologist Imogen Holst lived.
Heavenly Spheres is the result of Penelope Trappes experimenting with only her voice, an upright piano, and an old German reel-to-reel tape deck. She explains, “I immersed myself in solitude and often deafening silence, coexisting with an enormous amount of history and books. I grew to love this unfamiliar space as I recorded sounds outside my usual way of working, took long and sometimes psychedelic walks, channeled ghosts on tape, and ended up with about 35 pieces of music and sound art. This album comprises eight of those pieces which I fell in love with.”
The album is an often-delicate study, with unearthed sounds seemingly rising from the integrated tape hiss. Across the eight pieces, disembodied voices and delicate piano figures dance around hypnagogic songs at the edge of consciousness.
Nite Hive is Penelope Trappes’ new imprint, designed as a label run by and for women and gender nonconforming artists, allowing the free exploration of their approach to experimental music. Nite Hive aims to expand the template by welcoming audio work from the edges of sound, art, and beyond—creating without restriction or question to shift paradigms within the music industry.
