Recordings of places, people, objects, moments in time, environments and quotidian events are shared with a range of artists working with sound. Those artists are then free to respond to the recordings in any way they like, either through manipulation or composition.
Season 01 of the LIFEFILES series commenced in March 2023 with contributions from Simon Fisher Turner, Veryan, Xqui, Rupert Lally, Andrew Spackman and Dave Clarkson.
Season 02 commenced in September 2023 with contributions so far from Audio Obscura, Todeskino, boycalledcrow, Simon Fisher Turner, Maps and Ergo Phizmiz.
credits
released February 16, 2024
Produced and mixed by Ergo Phizmiz
Source recordings: Mat Smith
Mastered by James Edward Armstrong
LIFEFILES design by Neil Coe
The following three source sounds were chosen at random:
1. Loud bass music played from a car at the Akeman Inn, Bucks (21.06.2021)
2. A rubber lid stretched across a ramekin (07.07.2022)
3. Seren playing an old acoustic guitar (01.11.2023)
All proceeds from this release will go to the Isle Of Wight Donkey Sanctaury - iowdonkeysanctuary.org
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