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Suite for Violin & Software Abuse

by Bethany Misselbrook

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In this collision of musical worlds, electronic musician and composer Bethany Misselbrook carves out enough space and light for Kath Roberts’ violin to breathe amongst influences as diverse as birdsong, musique concrète and Indonesian Gamelan.

Suite for Solo Violin and Software Abuse is a collection of nine pieces which share a bedrock of atmospheric granular synthesis. This creates fertile ground for neo-classical violin to harvest some compelling and emotive melody.

This series of recordings was conceived from microscopic analysis of musical pitches – more specifically, extracting fragments of a singular note’s harmonic series, and sewing the pieces together using software into a coherent patchwork of harmony. Due to this process, the resulting musical sequences feel simultaneously micro and macroscopic. The contrastingly natural sound of Violin provides a grounding humanity - the sound of fingers hitting strings set readily across an otherwise Sci-Fi backdrop.

In this exploratory work, Bethany Misselbrook and Kath Roberts take inspiration from iconic British electronic music pioneers such as Daphne Oram and Delia Derbyshire, carrying these influences into the digital world. Perhaps it is fitting that the final versions of this suite were recorded remotely via the internet, due to covid restrictions.

The album is released on Slow Worm Records, on digital download and limited run clear 10” hand-cut Vinyl.

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released May 20, 2022

Composed by Bethany Misselbrook
Mixed by Bethany Misselbrook
Mastered by Oli Baldwin
Violin - Kath Roberts
Other Instruments/Field Recordings - Bethany Misselbrook
Additional Trombone - Joe Bradford (Track 3)
Additional Field Recording - Sebastian Nouat
Additional Piano Arrangement - John Pilgrim (Track 5)

Artwork by CF Sherratt
Artwork Concept by Ewan Mitchell

Released on Slow Worm Records 20th May 2022

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Composer & Electronic Musician from Bristol

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