The Docile Choir is a binary ensemble developed from the interaction between a human voice and the strings of a piano. The voice was directed at the sounding board of a piano to produce sympathetic resonance. The resultant vocal fragments and string resonance were then reduced to tiny building blocks of sound and manipulated to form clusters and textures. The piece is an exploration of microtonality, slowly evolving web structures analogous to a gas or atmosphere and the degradation of an analogue source through digital processing.

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Today is a troubling day for many in the UK. After the results of an election that was plagued and stained with lies and deception, we are now left in a very precarious position. Many friends are feeling very dispirited and lost today, as am I. So, I sat in the studio this morning and improvised live to the celebratory speech of the winning party. In response to the situation I then reversed parts of it, as well as using a recording of this very speech and buried it deep within the music, again playing backwards. It's clear to many that this political situation is not taking us forwards, but rather back to a nostalgic and challenging past. So, for this moment, use this music to relax and switch off the news.

Docilechoir

Caroline Devine

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