Tassie - A Ladder is Not the Only Kind of Time
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Label: Birmingham Contemporary
Cat No: BRC021
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 8th December 2023
Contents
Works
Frank WheelHind Wheel
Little London Wheel
Plonk Wheel
Roscoe Wheel
Second Coppice Wheel
Swallow Wheel
Upper Coppice Wheel
Walkley Bank Tilt
Wolf Wheel
Artists
Benjamin TassieRebecca Lee
Rob Bental
Works
Frank WheelHind Wheel
Little London Wheel
Plonk Wheel
Roscoe Wheel
Second Coppice Wheel
Swallow Wheel
Upper Coppice Wheel
Walkley Bank Tilt
Wolf Wheel
Artists
Benjamin TassieRebecca Lee
Rob Bental
About
A Ladder is Not the Only Kind of Time features three water-powered historical instruments designed and built by Benjamin Tassie and Sam Underwood. Played by the river, these instruments produce sound mechanically. Waterwheels turn, plucking and bowing strings concealed within while another uses the river's water to displace air in its chamber, playing organ pipes according to an Ancient Greek design. The delicate recordings on this beautiful album feature the sounds of the river and its environment of birds, traffic, children, dogs and joggers joining in with almost forgotten instruments.
The historical nature of these instruments evokes an idea of a time before the world became loud. For us today historical instruments suggest something lost in the rush to modernity. They remind us that progress need not always hurry forward, that the past might have lessons for us - that a ladder is not the only kind of time.
Benjamin Tassie (b. 1987) is a composer, artist, and researcher. He is particularly interested in how historical musical instruments, tuning systems, and performance practices can be recontextualised to speak to our contemporary experiences. His music has been commissioned and performed by organisations, ensembles, and soloists including The National Galley, Tate Britain, Historic Royal Palaces, Nordic Affect, Zubin Kanga, Liam Byrne, the Ligeti Quartet, and Juice Vocal Ensemble.
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