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Mindful Matter (Islands Series IV)

by Elaine Cheng

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"A wonderful collision between tumbling happenstance and luxuriant circuitry here, as Elaine Cheng takes the array of synthesisers from Electronic Music Studios at Goldsmiths, University of London through a bout of “electronic trial and error” before refining the output into a trio of five-minute pieces. Both energies announce themselves: the fiery imbalance of accident, the precision of compositional refinement. While the textures themselves have this wriggling obliviousness to them – overtones suddenly bulging out of one side, harmonic beats flitting between resting respiratory pulses and nervy double-time – the structural edges feel mindfully formed. Frequencies spill out of the lines, but never too far. Cheng finds a sweet spot between unpredictability and an overarching sense of direction, guiding the listener through a wilderness that leaves one with all the belly-dwelling unrest of being lost, tempered by the deep-set assurance that Cheng ultimately knows the way."

Jack Chuter, ATTN: Magazine (Sept 2022)

The music for this EP was inspired by an initial process of electronic trial and error, the artist embracing chance and circumstances and then working into and around the results in detailed post-production. In Elaine's own words, she 'happened upon these sounds', and from them drew out and spun together three different but related pieces. Each piece originated from different synthesiser sounds, from unusual and in some cases unique instruments made available to Elaine at the Electronic Music Studios, Goldsmiths, University of London - which were then drastically manipulated in the production process, carried far from their original state to create these layered, detailed tracks.

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released October 7, 2022

Composed, recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by Elaine Cheng.

Elaine Cheng (she/her) is a composer/sound artist based in Edinburgh. Her practice is largely based on the use of modular and analog synthesisers. Elaine takes inspiration from early choral music and the long lines of polyphony that are often found therein.

The tracks in this EP were recorded in the Electronic Music Studios at Goldsmiths, University of London on a range of synthesisers housed there.

Elaine is currently Artist in Residence at Art27scotland based in Edinburgh and has been composing music from free improvisation and interview sessions as part of a community engagement project working with the local Chinese and Southside communities.

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The Lumen Lake is an artist-run label for new and unusual music. Emerging from the primeval swamp of live nights of the same name at Lewisham Arthouse in SE London, and now based in South Ayrshire, the label celebrates DIY practice, alternative electronics, improvisation and other music that isn’t easily categorised. ... more

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