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Birdsong of the Anthropocene

by David Brown

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A sound installation created for an Art exhibition by Amy Webb at the Galerie le Domaine, Providence, RI - September - November 2022.

The sound design for this installation is a montage of several birdsong related pieces composed over more than twenty-five years. They use a wide variety of instruments and techniques; the common thread is the use of sounds from our world, which are usually structural foundations for the pieces.

As artists we are inspired by our love of birds and birdsong. As we discuss our musical and visual creative process, the technical parallels quickly became apparent. The use of collage, transformation of source material, layering, density and finishing (mastering) are all parts of our common language. The compositional problems and processes are also remarkably similar, except that electronic composition allows me to save different versions of a piece, while paint is less forgiving.

Pieces included in this montage are:
1. Aviary Nocturne – 1999, from Mockingbird Suite
2. Rendezvous Over Morgan Creek – 2018, from Soporific Environments
3. Crows on the Swing Set – 2021, from Forebodings
4.. Lullaby for Flannery – 2011
5. Day Valley Evening – 1995, from Archaic Future
6. Lansing Bridge – 2018, from Soporific Environments
7. Through the Veil – 2009, from Arcana by Outspan
8. The Raven’s Premonition – 2022, from Forebodings

This 56 minute version is shorted from the original 64 minutes to conform to Bandcamp's size parameters. The physical CD is the full length.

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released September 2, 2022

© 2022 David Brown
All selections Composed, Recorded & Produced by David Brown at Mockingbird Design Studios, except for Day Valley Evening, produced at Day Valley Studio in Aptos, CA & Through the Veil produced at Crucial Sound, Amherst, MA.
Cover painting & design by Amy Webb at Mockingbird Design Studios

David Brown: bird calls, didgeridoo, feedback networks, gongs, musique concréte & synthesizers
Chris Turner: bass & quarter-tone harmonicas on Crows on the Swing Set
Conor Dowling: synthesizers on Through the Veil & phantom bass on Crows on the Swing Set
Richard Hawks: fujara on Lullaby for Flannery

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David Brown Providence, Rhode Island

David Brown received his MFA in Music from the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College in Oakland, California where he studied composition with Anthony Braxton & Kenneth Gaburo and music & information theory with David Rosenboom. His compositions combine found sounds with acoustic and electronic instruments to create collages of orchestral density. ... more

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