Martin Howse's piece led me on a trail of rare earths and ground speak. The earth expresses itself through the plants and trees that spring from it. A geophysical pulse of cyclical growth.

Crystals of sea salt, lemon slices, straight pouring cream and coffee beans. The impact fires flurries of synapses in every direction. They dissolve and erupt on our tongues. But, I wanted to look at the reverse journey; a guttural implosion. This piece uses sounds that are born in the base of our throats and move up through the opening of our mouths into the light. A human xylem transporting from the root to the sprouting green. 

Bio
Rachel Ní Chuinn is an artist who works with sound, text, electronics and radio to explore ideas of touch and movement. Her music has been performed by members of the Crash Ensemble, The Quiet Music Ensemble, This Is How We Fly and the Dublin Laptop Orchestra. Currently she is focusing on self-produced electronic works. 

She performs live both on her own and with the Dublin Laptop Orchestra. She also hosts Cluastuiscint a weekly music show on Raidió na Life and has produced compositional radio documentaries for national broadcast in Ireland and live and community radio events internationally.

www.rachelnichuinn.com

Grass And Nettles And Briars - Rachel Ní Chuinn

Irish composer, performer, software developer and lecturer based in Liverpool. Work ranges from instrumental composition, to electroacoustic, to live electronics. 

This space is primarily for instrumental work. Electronic and experimental-pop works are available on bandcamp.

" Nettles (Urtica species) are shrubby weeds covered in fine stinging hairs. The opposite leaves have toothed margins, and the sprays of tiny flowers are greenish and unattractive. " - Tim Low, Wild herbs of Australia and New Zealand.
It remains to be seen exactly what relation this bears to the composition and interpretation of music.

Grass And Nettles And Briars - Rachel Ní Chuinn

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