Henry Purcell’s classic funeral march from 1695
arranged, played and recorded by #hiljef 
@ #berlintune studio in early May 2022

Queens Funeral Music

Hilary Jeffery – trombone, tromboscillator
Chris Long – accordion, electronics
Anne Wellmer – analogue electronics, harmonium

Recorded live in Katendrecht Spaceport on 22 March 2008
@ De Player, Rotterdam by Johan De Koeyer 


Suspension

traditional Roma song arranged by Hilary Jeffery
dedicated to the memory of Béla Pokuta

Marcelka Dreveňáková - voice
Jozef Dreveňák - voice
Hilary Jeffery - trombone
Irenka Pokutová -voice
Béla Pokuta - voice

recorded at the Evangelic church in Veľký Slavkov - Slovakia,
September 2007

edited and mixed at the Hilcave, Amsterdam

thanks to Jana Belisova!

Lyrics:

Te me geľom andre karčma te pijel,
de zachudle man štar žandara te marel.
De na maren man de žandarale, de bo dukhal,
hej, de hin man khere de churde čhave,
de mukhen man.

De na maren man de žandarale, de bo dukhal,
hej, de hin man khere de o but čhave,
de muken man.

When I went to the pub to get a drink,
four cops grabbed me to give me a hit.
Don’t hit me, cops, it hurts,
I have little kids at home,
let me go.

Don’t hit me, cops, ‘cause it hurts,
I have at home lots of kids,
let me go. 






Te me geľom andre karčma te pijel

Dancing Wolf Riffs

"Brexit Fugue" is an audio collage made with recordings from the "Cinesthesia - Screen Concert" series at Brotfabrik Kino in Berlin which ran from September 2017 - June 2019, featuring recordings of Yorgos Dimitriadis, Gamut Inc, Simon Goff, Boris Hauf, Steve Heather, Alex Jezdinsky, Joke Lanz, King Penda, Claus Loeser, Chris Long, Andrea Parkins, Gianpaolo Peres, Kaffe Matthews, Minor Tom, Angela Seo, Elliott Sharp, Maciej Sledsiecki, Zsolt Sőrés, Jamie Stewart, Marion Wörle and Xiu Xiu. 

While navigating and editing all the recordings, a semi-conscious subtext surfaced, where two classic British films clearly dominated the emerging narrative: "Penda's Fen" (1974) and "Made In Britain" (1983). Both films were directed by Alan Clarke and evoke contrasting visions of Britain from a pre-Brexit era. Utopian and nostalgic, dystopian and distressing - neither celebrating the "greatness" of Britain nor belittling the strong undercurrents of a dreaming Island, struggling to overcome oppression and in the end not being ashamed of having a national identity, albeit an identity which thrives on its own contradictions. The Cinesthesia series took place during the period in which Brexit became a reality, forcing a deep questioning of what it means to be "British", discovering a lost nostalgia for times past and awakening fiery visions of King Penda.

https://auxxx.blogspot.com/2019/06/cinesthesia-screen-concerts.html

Cinesthesia Screen Concerts Series 1

BREXIT FUGUE

Claron McFadden - voice
Hilary Jeffery - composition

a sound space of phonetic sounds projected into a space in which a singer moves and freely associates

a series of short samples of Claron McFadden’s voice speaking and singing vowels, consonants, phonemes and syllables were recorded and assembled to create a sound space filled language elements – a moving sound collage, a sea of potential language

during a performance of this piece the singer moves through this continuously shifting sea of potential language and attempts to find words emerging from out of the sound collage – she might find already existing words, new words or words in a language she does not know – the emergent language of new words, known words, unknown words, cut-up words and semi-formed sentences provide clues and keys to her thoughts and associations

Linguistic Music

Language Sea

released on "Solo Trombone and Electronics" (2003)

other titles include:

"Arrival"
"Freedom Fried"
"Oil Hell"
"Strangel"
"FB"
"Hell Oil"

https://www.discogs.com/Hilary-Jeffery-Solo-Trombone-Electronics/release/2502338

Solo Trombone & Electronics

Demonocracy

hilary jeffery composes, plays and teaches music

plays in 
Organza Ray, Zinc & Copper, Inconsolable Ghost, Mullet + many more

works at
Berlintune Studio
with Eleni Poulou

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