During 2024 I co-developed a project with improviser and composer Melisa Yıldırım. It was an experiment in collaborative composition, combining my field recordings, audio processing and some of my instruments – oud, saxophone – with her instrument, the Anatolian kamancha. Our interest was in how listening together and working with the sonic elements of the environment could create meeting points between us, and our contrasting sound worlds.
We shared our work in a concert hosted by the Batavierhuis in Rotterdam in September. By reaching out beyond ourselves to meditate in sound on the enormity of the planet and even the galaxy, we nurtured a creative place of contact between us. At a time of ecological grief and desperation, it offered us solace in a sense of connection, and we hope our listeners will find that connection too.
This Spring our album will be released by Blue Cloud Music. Watch this space for announcements!
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