The four tracks on Angharad Davies’ Six Studies are titled as if they were exploratory exercises for the experimental violinist, (Circular Bowing Study, Balancing Springs on Strings Studies 1 – 3), and are sealed in an anonymous tin.
Cat gut, metal and plastic scrape on string, at a succession of angles, sounds sawn from air.
Time slows, scale reverses, and you’re up close to the process.
Gulliver traverses the violin neck, watching sound vibrate off overhead cables in great powerful waves.
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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John Robins, Comedian
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Peter Ould, Youtube