Autonomy

Popcorn is a track that is determined to celebrate its airing.  A melodic fusion of house, jazz with a hint of a celtic call, offset against the doumbek's middle eastern precussion driving along the underlying serious techno beat.

Its sophisticated musicality ejects a crisp euphoric vibe, that will not surrender itself  to the obvious or predictable.

Whizz, bang, tap those feet.
Raise your arms and wrap them around your neighbour.

We're all human!

Popcorn

Each autumn the starlings gather and take flight with an awe inspiring display we have called a murmuration.  

The natural world passes through states of  harmonious order and states that are far less comforable and chaotic. The unique but none the less interconnected web of  rhythms found in the natural world continues to evolve because of this and continously never fails its awesome beauty.  

This piece is an ode to the humble starlings that transpose natures musical rhythms into spectacular visual displays occurring in our evening skies.  

Every year  they show us what feats can be achieved in unity during change.  A revelation of the perfect connections  that lie between natures seemingly random patterns.

Each track in this piece has been scored using a range of different time signatures: 3/4, 6/8, 4/4 etc. Layered on top of each other and tied together by a simple 1/4 kick drum.

Murmuration

A deep, dark and moody psychological teleportation, carried on a bassline that literally is grinding out the groove by the feedback of a SL1210 tone arm!

Sunset Strip is a collaborative reunion between the instigators of the still sought after record label Suspect Package  (Daniel Poli and myself.) 

https://www.discogs.com/label/14027-Suspect-Package

Mastered by Rob Pearson - Online Studios

Sunset Strip - DPOLA (Daniel Poli & Autonomy)

Imagine To Be Different

There is music that bounces between the waves.
Corruption nestled in abstract of technological precision.
A rebellion laying in wait amongst the convenient self-gratifications.
A revilement to celebrate all pioneers who adventure; 
Open, Concisions, Humility, knowing sound is a gift to all. 
Waves presenting not entitled no body to make a claim.

Tape Loop Phazer More Bass Please

Autonomy's early tracks had releases on house and techno labels: Suspect Package (which she had co-owned in the early 2000's) and Evasive Records. These previous releases were critically acclaimed in the Tech House scene. 

The Wall Moves is a deviation from those early days. This track has been written since  her attendance at Dartington College of Arts, an institution that in its relatively short history acquired an international reputation for its innovative outlook. 

In this track Autonomy creates a soundscape which merges the contemporary and experimental while staying true to the influence of her roots and the love of house and techno.

The Wall Moves

Music has been a universal language that I feel the most at home with. It enables me to find commonality and connection with others, with an availability of rich vocabulary transcending the limitations of words alone.

I began writing and producing in the late 90's under the names of Pyramids and Autonomy. These first tracks were released on Evasive Records.

In 2000 I went on to establish my own label alongside Daniel Poli and initially with Davor Basic, who went on to host his infamous parties where many of the Suspect Package artists gathered and performed.

I had met Daniel Poli at Swag records while recording "One Time" and was the first installment on Suspect Package. 

Suspect Package was all about the unexpected, a label run by artists for artists.  A platform for up and coming undergound talent to break out and showcase their material. 

The ethos of Suspect Package was built on an attitude to remain as a steadfast  resistance against the conformity of settling on dumbed down formula.

It was a commitment that continually demanded and questioned all boundaries, that packaged musical concepts within boxed up; notional barriers. 

Suspect Package had 9 releases from 2001 - 2005 the artists:
Autonomy, Chris Pascoe,  C-Soul,  Daniel Poli, Earth Deuley, Filth, Iteration – X,  Marky Star and Red & Blue.

14 years on, Daniel Poli, detonated Suspect Package's 10th  "Long time coming" and showcased artists works by Dav, Marky Star, Sounds of the Suburbs and The Buddy System. A reminder what it is all about. 

My musical collaborations have included Rob Pearson, Lee Humphreys and Daniel Poli.

In 2003 I enrolled at Dartington College of Arts with turntables as my main instrument. The institution in its relatively short history had acquired an international reputation as an innovative centre for contemporary practice. It was one of only few in Britain devoted exclusively to specialist practical and theoretical studies spanning right across the arts.  

My studies did expose me to practical and theoretical questions regarding the role of the arts in the wider world. This experience catapulted me out of the studio production setting and out the confined limitations of my own thinking.  

It impacted the relationship I had with instruments, music and more specifically sound.  In doing so it created endless possibilities. 

The highlights:

6 minutes peice composed for a DJ mixer, guitar amp, voice, heart beat and a French 
speaking radio broadcast.

Loop capture arrangements: 

For female voice accompanied by children's music boxes.

For Electric guitar and Ebow.

A collaboration of flutes and rain stick with cello, guitar  accompanied by the River Dart and South Devon Railway's GWR 1366 class steam train.

A live remix of 8 minimal Techno and Electro Break tracks. Performed as  one track by 2 DJ's, 4 decks, 1 CDJ and two basic mixers ie no effects, loop recording or sampling functions. The duration of the remix was equivalent to the length of a new single track. 

(This project included concepts of notation relative to the DJ and turntables. Both traditional western notation scoring and graphic scores.)

2 Sonic Art peices and sound design from environmental captured audio. The Spirit of Fire - Backdraught is one of those peices.

Theoretical studies that have captured my imagination are the works of, experimental and minimalist composer's, Steve Riech, Terry Riley and John Cage. Looking at repetition, phasing, chance processes and tape loops. Composers Ligeti and Penderecki detailed layers that achieved textured avant-garde sound scapes and the interlocking patterns ubiquitous to Gamelan.

These enriched musical exposures are set into my musical foundations as I continue to create.




 

