for 11 flutes (piccolos, flutes, alto flutes)

Steve Reich: Vermont Counterpoint (1982) EXCERPT 1

Made as part of the tenth annual Spring Project from Cities and Memory (citiesandmemory.com)

Original field recording: Train sounds from Palo Alto, CA by Colin Hunter:
https://audioboom.com/posts/8738867-american-trains

"In my area of North America, train journeys are relatively rare. Taking a train feels like a special occasion because I only have the opportunity when I’m far from home. I’ve always enjoyed the exploratory feel of train rides: a train journey feels almost like stolen time, where normal responsibilities are paused and you are given freedom to simply be, if you choose.

"I was inspired by the F#-A train horn to create a harmonic home base of the broad key of B (be). Flute and alto flute depict both the rhythmic train engine (with a nod to Steve Reich’s ‘Different Trains’) and the melodic way fragments of thoughts and ideas drift in and out when in a meditative state."

Train tracks

Deep Field

Nagoya Marimbas (excerpt)

Sextet - III. Slow (excerpt)

Rob Deemer provided the melody, so I was inspired to add some harmony.
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#Covfefe (Rob Deemer/Jim Stephenson)

This my version of Fovea Hex's piece "All Those Signs" released on 21 June 2017. I was particularly inspired by the original song and was very pleased to contribute to this release.

This remix is contained on the Bonus Cd only which can be found here:
http://janetrecords.com/2017/buy.html

Their original version can be listened here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA0dEukZyfQ

The Salt Garden II

FOVEA HEX - We Dream All The Dark Away (Abul Mogard Remix)

One half of a split single of Neil Halstead covers (the other side being a version of 'Alison' by Beach Fossils) released on Sonic Cathedral Recordings to coincide with Neil's London show at Bush Hall on September 25, 2012.

Gravenhurst 'Paint A Face'

Lead track from 'The Night Dances' Aphra's debut 5 track EP released 20/03/2020. Aphra is an Oxford based musician aged just 17. 

Andy Bell (Booglaoo Radio/Ride) -  ‘All great songs. Intimate feeling...absolutely brilliant!'

Nightshift Magazine – 'Mixes the intimacy and melody of folk, with the slacker scuzz of grunge...(recalling) KD Lang and Cat Power'.

Written by Aphra Taylor. All vocals and instrumentation by Aphra Taylor except:  Gaz Farmer – Drums. Produced by Aphra Taylor / Nick Breakspear. 
Recorded and Mixed by Nick Breakspear.
Mastered by Tim Turan.  

The Night Dances is named after a poem of the same name by Sylvia Plath from the anthology 'Ariel'. The poem is about Plath's son and how he would dance in his crib at night - this image resonated with Aphra as it explores motherly love, mental health, and nocturnal inspiration. 

The EP was home recorded over a seven month period on a ten year old Macbook whose screen died and was replaced by a TV mid recording...

The songs on the EP are: 

Sixteen – About a year in someone's life and the associated disruptions to that – each verse represents one significant person in that year. It's about the passing of time and growing older.

I Thought That You Wouldn't Be There -  Is about being let down by someone that you love, through contradictory messaging and the betrayal of trust; but also the literal sense of someone not showing up.

Distortion of Importance – Is about feeling insignificant in an over-populated world. Touching on existentialism and what follows life, through death.

Red – Represents childhood memories that contrast with new surroundings, and the pain you feel when you realise life's truths.

It Doesn't Slow Down – Explores the fear of pending responsibility, and the stress of becoming an adult.

In 2019 Aphra performed at both 'If Not Now, When?' and 'Ritual Union' festivals, as well as performing supports to acts including Witching Waves/Charm Pit, Mammoth Penguins/Birds of Hell, Thyla, Kermes/Junk Whale, and Richard Walters at New College Chapel for the tenth anniversary of his debut album. 

Aphra also performed sessions for Andy Bell (Ride/Oasis) on Boogaloo Radio: https://www.mixcloud.com/BoogalooRadio/andy-bell-presents-resonance-ft-aphra-taylor-110719/ (starts at starts at 00:26:52), and BBC Introducing Oxford https://www.mixcloud.com/bbcintroducinginoxford/podcast-aphra-taylor-mxed/ (starts at 00:24:54)

The self-produced fanzine accompanying this release is one of a series for which 'Aphra'  (Molly) recently won The Dan Hemingway Creativity Prize, see: https://www.hemingwayart.co.uk/news/news/molly-taylor-wins-2019-creativity-prize

Website:      https://aphrataylor.com/ 
Insta:           https://www.instagram.com/aphrataylormusic/ 
Twitter:        https://twitter.com/aphra_taylor 
Bandcamp: https://aphrataylor.bandcamp.com/
Songkick:    https://www.songkick.com/artists/10074358-aphra-taylor 

Management/Bookings: aphrataylor.management@gmail.com / 
Mark - 07711156733

The Night Dances

Sixteen

Track 2 from 'The Night Dances' Aphra's debut 5 track EP released 20/03/2020. Aphra is an Oxford based musician aged just 17. 

Andy Bell (Booglaoo Radio/Ride) -  ‘All great songs. Intimate feeling...absolutely brilliant!'

Nightshift Magazine – 'Mixes the intimacy and melody of folk, with the slacker scuzz of grunge...(recalling) KD Lang and Cat Power'.

Written by Aphra Taylor. All vocals and instrumentation by Aphra Taylor except:  Gaz Farmer – Drums. Produced by Aphra Taylor / Nick Breakspear. 
Recorded and Mixed by Nick Breakspear.
Mastered by Tim Turan.  

The Night Dances is named after a poem of the same name by Sylvia Plath from the anthology 'Ariel'. The poem is about Plath's son and how he would dance in his crib at night - this image resonated with Aphra as it explores motherly love, mental health, and nocturnal inspiration. 

The EP was home recorded over a seven month period on a ten year old Macbook whose screen died and was replaced by a TV mid recording...

The songs on the EP are: 

Sixteen – About a year in someone's life and the associated disruptions to that – each verse represents one significant person in that year. It's about the passing of time and growing older.

I Thought That You Wouldn't Be There -  Is about being let down by someone that you love, through contradictory messaging and the betrayal of trust; but also the literal sense of someone not showing up.

Distortion of Importance – Is about feeling insignificant in an over-populated world. Touching on existentialism and what follows life, through death.

Red – Represents childhood memories that contrast with new surroundings, and the pain you feel when you realise life's truths.

It Doesn't Slow Down – Explores the fear of pending responsibility, and the stress of becoming an adult.

In 2019 Aphra performed at both 'If Not Now, When?' and 'Ritual Union' festivals, as well as performing supports to acts including Witching Waves/Charm Pit, Mammoth Penguins/Birds of Hell, Thyla, Kermes/Junk Whale, and Richard Walters at New College Chapel for the tenth anniversary of his debut album. 

Aphra also performed sessions for Andy Bell (Ride/Oasis) on Boogaloo Radio: https://www.mixcloud.com/BoogalooRadio/andy-bell-presents-resonance-ft-aphra-taylor-110719/ (starts at starts at 00:26:52), and BBC Introducing Oxford https://www.mixcloud.com/bbcintroducinginoxford/podcast-aphra-taylor-mxed/ (starts at 00:24:54)

The self-produced fanzine accompanying this release is one of a series for which 'Aphra'  (Molly) recently won The Dan Hemingway Creativity Prize, see: https://www.hemingwayart.co.uk/news/news/molly-taylor-wins-2019-creativity-prize

Website:      https://aphrataylor.com/ 
Insta:           https://www.instagram.com/aphrataylormusic/ 
Twitter:        https://twitter.com/aphra_taylor 
Bandcamp: https://aphrataylor.bandcamp.com/
Songkick:    https://www.songkick.com/artists/10074358-aphra-taylor 

Management/Bookings: aphrataylor.management@gmail.com / 
Mark - 07711156733

I Thought That You Wouldn't Be There

Lead track from 'The Night Dances' Aphra's debut 5 track EP released 20/03/2020. Aphra is an Oxford based musician aged just 17.

Andy Bell (Booglaoo Radio/Ride) - ‘All great songs. Intimate feeling...absolutely brilliant!'

Nightshift Magazine – 'Mixes the intimacy and melody of folk, with the slacker scuzz of grunge...(recalling) KD Lang and Cat Power'.

Written by Aphra Taylor. All vocals and instrumentation by Aphra Taylor except: Gaz Farmer – Drums. Produced by Aphra Taylor / Nick Breakspear.
Recorded and Mixed by Nick Breakspear.
Mastered by Tim Turan.

The Night Dances is named after a poem of the same name by Sylvia Plath from the anthology 'Ariel'. The poem is about Plath's son and how he would dance in his crib at night - this image resonated with Aphra as it explores motherly love, mental health, and nocturnal inspiration.

The EP was home recorded over a seven month period on a ten year old Macbook whose screen died and was replaced by a TV mid recording...

The songs on the EP are:

Sixteen – About a year in someone's life and the associated disruptions to that – each verse represents one significant person in that year. It's about the passing of time and growing older.

I Thought That You Wouldn't Be There - Is about being let down by someone that you love, through contradictory messaging and the betrayal of trust; but also the literal sense of someone not showing up.

Distortion of Importance – Is about feeling insignificant in an over-populated world. Touching on existentialism and what follows life, through death.

Red – Represents childhood memories that contrast with new surroundings, and the pain you feel when you realise life's truths.

It Doesn't Slow Down – Explores the fear of pending responsibility, and the stress of becoming an adult.

In 2019 Aphra performed at both 'If Not Now, When?' and 'Ritual Union' festivals, as well as performing supports to acts including Witching Waves/Charm Pit, Mammoth Penguins/Birds of Hell, Thyla, Kermes/Junk Whale, and Richard Walters at New College Chapel for the tenth anniversary of his debut album.

Aphra also performed sessions for Andy Bell (Ride/Oasis) on Boogaloo Radio: www.mixcloud.com/BoogalooRadio/an…a-taylor-110719/ (starts at starts at 00:26:52), and BBC Introducing Oxford www.mixcloud.com/bbcintroducingin…hra-taylor-mxed/ (starts at 00:24:54)

The self-produced fanzine accompanying this release is one of a series for which 'Aphra' (Molly) recently won The Dan Hemingway Creativity Prize, see: www.hemingwayart.co.uk/news/news/mol…ativity-prize

Website: aphrataylor.com/
Insta: www.instagram.com/aphrataylormusic/
Twitter: twitter.com/aphra_taylor
Bandcamp: aphrataylor.bandcamp.com/
Songkick: www.songkick.com/artists/10074358-aphra-taylor

Management/Bookings: aphrataylor.management@gmail.com /
Mark - 07711156733

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