Rachel Beckles Willson

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Forthcoming album with Melisa Yıldırım

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 Read more…

By rachel, 3 months3 months ago
Compositions

New Mixed-Media Work! “Fundamentals of the New Normal”

I composed this mixed-media work for bassist James Banner. It responds to the radical uncertainty of life during a pandemic, particularly as it has hit musicians. In the first part, ‘Playing on, nevertheless’, I explored fragmentation and playful resilience: a simple swung bass melody finds itself haunted by wails and Read more…

By rachel, 4 years3 years ago
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connective tissue

a playfully serious mixed-media collaboration

By rachel, 4 years3 years ago
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