Erland Cooper – “Folded Landscapes” (Released 5th May 2023)

Description

//Mercury KX//

£31.99 – 1xLP, Limited Edition Indies Exclusive Vinyl with Lithographic Print

£27.99 – 1xLP, Recycled Vinyl

This poignant chamber string work figuratively and literally thaws over seven movements, unfolding with electronics, poetry, soprano, piano, harpsichord, field recordings and samples.

Known for merging modern classical-electronic music with evocative storytelling and conceptual art, Erland shares his urgent observation on climate change, temperature and time. This poignant chamber string work figuratively and literally thaws over seven movements, unfolding with electronics, poetry, soprano, piano, harpsichord, field recordings and samples. The work features Scottish Ensemble, UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and other voices including activist Greta Thunberg, multi-award winning conservationist Dara McNaulty and & visual artist Norman Ackroyd. Field recordings of the natural world include the California wildfires and crashing glaciers.

Tracklisting:

Movement 1
Movement 2
Movement 3
Movement 4
Movement 5
Movement 6
Movement 7