Made for the Jubilee Pool Project, Penzance

With thanks to the family of Brian Martin

I Swam

Recorded at BBC Maida Vale Studios for Radio 3's New Music Show on 27 March 2021.

Taylor MacLennan - flute
Alex Roberts - clarinet
Siwan Rhys - piano
David López Ibañez - violin I
Oscar Perks - violin II
Morag Robertson - viola
Deni Teo - cello

Cassandra Miller — Perfect Offering [clip]

Roost is a song written in the depths of winter, on the sort of day when the birds gather early in the black trees and you feel a great longing to also be home – in its truest sense. 

When it came to producing the song, my first multitrack recording, I wanted to keep the arrangement simple, honouring its honest lyrics, but also conjure up the brooding atmosphere of that winter’s day. 

I chose to add just two elements alongside my vocals: the rich, slightly discordant sound of my old harmonium – and the cacophonous calls of a group of rooks.*

The endlessly absorbing editing process itself felt like the final part of the journey for Roost, as I crafted the birdsong so that the rooks really sing alongside me and help to tell the story.

*Rook, Corvus frugilegus frugilegus, field recording by Paul Holt near Pendleton in Lancashire https://www.xeno-canto.org/546319.

The song was produced as part of SheProducer, which aims to empower women in Cornwall to become self-sufficient music makers. 

Photo by Mary Quite Contrary on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/yolfi/with/33644471810/

Roost

Ever noticed that EVERYTHING beeps?

I recently joined an awesome project full of talented women called SheProducer. We were asked to create a song based around a 'found sound' using only 3 tracks (I momentarily added a 4th track but rules are meant to be broken). This is the first song I've ever made and the first time I've ever used Cubase. I have a lot to learn, but I'm really excited to start creating.

www.sheproducer.com

Everything Beeps (The Microwave Song)

Created for the SheProducer project 'Found Sound'. 
The chains of the King Harry Ferry are my found sound.

I Swam

Kath Buckler

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