VALLEYMAKERS

Valleymakers - Blueberry Blouse (arranger)

No Safe Passage (in 3 movements)
i) At Sea - 00’00’000 - 02'00''277
ii) Old Home - 02'00''277 - 04'08''844
iii) Nowhere - 04'08''844 - 05'31''250

“No Safe Passage” is a three movement piece of electroacoustic music composed for five loudspeakers (mixed down to two channel stereo here). The sound sources used in the piece derive from personal field recordings created over the course of the last year and a half, as well as new field and studio recordings made specifically for this composition.

“No Safe Passage” was composed while thinking about the the ongoing refugee crisis in the Middle East which has seen thousands lose their homes, families, and lives while attempting to flee from dangers in their home countries. This piece is dedicated to those people and their suffrage

No Safe Passage

As we pass the threshold for acceptable CO2 limits within our atmosphere, the arctic continues to be the first to experience the reality of climate change.

Permafrost, glaciers, icebergs, and other fixtures of the arctic land and seascapes have become messengers of an uncertain future as they melt, calve, and disappear into the sea at increasingly faster rates. 

"Arctic Wail" reflects the individual thresholds of these fixtures as sounds of ice and water are placed under stress and strain, twisting and stretching to their breaking point.

June 2017

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