Label: Other Minds

以前David Toopの楽曲を演奏した秀逸なソロ音源を紹介済みであるKaren Power待望の新録!!オーケストラの作曲からサウンドインスタレーションまで幅広い作品を手掛けるアイルランドの女性コンポーザーKaren Power。寡作な為あまり知られていない人物ですが、本作は10年振りに発表された音盤にして2ndアルバムの[…we return to ground…]。自国の強者アンサンブル"Quiet Music Ensemble"の為に8年を掛けて書いた自然音と楽器の融合による長編3曲を2CDに収録、氷が溶ける音に始まり徐々に楽器の小気味良い鳴りが出現し始める、自然界と新たな音の対話を試みた凄まじくカッコイイ一枚。David Toopのライナー付き。



Contains double CD and booklet with liner notes by David Toop and explanatory program notes by the composer.

Other Minds is pleased to present …we return to ground…, a new recording by Irish composer Karen Power and Quiet Music Ensemble. This double CD features three of Power’s large-scale pieces pairing natural sounds with musical instruments, written for and with Quiet Music Ensemble over an 8-year period.

Beginning with instruments of ice in 2015, Power's experience of pairing natural sounds with musical instruments has evolved into a transformative body of work. Her approach to composition, creating space for interactions between field recordings and human performers, allows for the emergence of new sonic dialogues with the natural world. In his liner notes, David Toop writes, “What we are hearing is not reducible to 'music' and 'nature'; there is an acknowledgement that the senses are not separate. They are fluid, sometimes interchangeable in their perception of worlds, and those worlds overlap, become each other.”

Power's approach to scoring reflects her belief in the diverse ways of experiencing music and sound. Her works build on the long-standing traditions of graphic, text, and even video scores while in pursuit of a new kind of score for the ear, what she calls an aural score. An aural score is similar to a tape part, but differs in that it functions as both materials for the audience to listen to and materials to guide the performers.

This approach to scoring benefits from Power’s deep collaborations with Quiet Music Ensemble. She credits these works as being “uniquely shaped by QME and written knowing and trusting their ears and interpretative skills.” Through this collaboration with Quiet Music Ensemble, Power invites listeners to immerse themselves in unique sonic ecosystems, offering time and space for individual interpretation and exploration.