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.
A Mortality Tables Product
MTP18
credits
from LIFEFILES / LF6 + LF6B,
released April 21, 2023
Produced and mixed by: Rupert Lally
Source recordings: Mat Smith
Design: Neil Coe
Source recording: pebbles and shells, Brighton beach, 31 August 2021
All proceeds from this release will go to CALM, the Campaign Against Living Miserably. thecalmzone.net
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An extraordinarily good and satisfying album, highly recommended for fearless sound adventurers everywhere. kickingmachine
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