This was written for the last few minutes of Forgot To Love by Dance Theatre Yekaterinburg, choreographed by Ivgi&Greben. At this point in the piece, the dancers were collecting grey felt blankets that were hanging at the sides of the stage and placing them in the centre. After about an hour of loud, abstract music and fast, brutal choreography, this was a brief moment of peace.

It came very quietly from speakers at the back of the stage, the same volume as a piano played softly from far away.

For the recording, the microphones were laid on top of the piano within a pile of the felt blankets.

It's a series of two note chords grouped into threes. The top note of the chords was composed using dice, the bottom one I filled in.

Forgot To Love - Three Chords

Made for Forgot To Love, choreographed by Ivgi&Greben for Provincial Dance Theatre Yekaterinburg in Russia. It was played quietly and accompanied a series of unison movements by twelve dancers.

Forgot To Love - Meat Endings

From The Dry Piece choreographed by Keren Levi.

The Dry Piece - Kaleidoscope

From The Dry Piece, choreographed by Keren Levi.

The Dry Piece - Collage Edit

From Social Skin, choreographed by Ivgi&Greben, performed by the National Dance Company of Korea.

Social Skin - Opening Edit

Recordings of an A-major scale played from the bottom to the top of ten pianos (mostly) around London layered a 6th apart and on a loop.

The pianos are, to varying degrees, out of tune with each other, resulting in an unstable series of microtonal block chords.

In recorded order:

1) Paul Mumford's piano, Enfield.

2) My piano, Stoke Newington.

3) Gemma Storr and Joe Carlo's piano, Holloway. 

4) Alex Parkinson's piano (care of Simon Minette), Hackney Central.

5) Soho Theatre's piano, Soho.

6) Battersea Arts Centre's piano 1 (downstairs).

7) Battersea Arts Centre's piano 2 (upstairs).

8) BBC TV centre's piano, Salford.

9) Toynbee Hall's piano 1 (stage), Tower Hamlets.

10) Toynbee Hall's piano 2 (auditorium),Tower Hamlets, 

In Thrall #2 (London)

A trio of frogs, imperfectly croaking in and out of phase with each other. Recorded in Savannah, Georgia, USA through the gates of a private garden.

Frog Phase Trio

A pair of frogs imperfectly phasing in and out with each other. Recorded in Savannah, Georgia, USA in July by the fountain in Forsyth park.

Frog Phase Duet

Cards For Snowy

Written for CoupleLike, a dance piece choreographed by Keren Levi and Ugo Dehaes.

Best listened to very loud on a massive sound system - the first 15 seconds is inaudible on normal speakers.

CoupleLike - Bad Contact

Children's dance-theatre show choreographed by Hendrik Lebon. Produced by Kopergietery, Gent, Belgium.

First Machine

Lunch Break

Magic Flying Dream

From "Social Skin" by Korea National Dance Company [sic], choreographed by Ivgi&Greben. Premiered Seoul 30 November 2012.

Featuring the heartbeats of Henry Corcoran (prenatal), Clare Corcoran, Sarah Jappy and Tom Parkinson.

Guitar by Alfredo Genovesi.

Social Skin - Slow Descent Of A Wall

A recording of the level crossing on Albert st in Brunswick, Melbourne.

Cars, birds, cyclists, pedestrians, two trains and a warning signal made up of two repeating notes slightly out of rhythmic phase with each other.

Each note has its own speaker placed at a ninety degree angle to each other.

The notes are a slightly sharp F4 and a very sharp E4. 

Tom Parkinson

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