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Up on the Hill

by Son Clair

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There it is – straight and classic fieldrecording at its best. When Son Clairs (or Thom Carters) recordings reached us a few months ago we instantly knew that this would make a perfect release on Frozen Elephants. Carter manages to create an unique composition without any digital processing or treatment, simply using the present environment as instrument. All tracks were recorded in summer of 2009 in Rye (an ancient coastal town located in East Sussex, England), then cut, pasted, and layered, eventually forming a simple, quiet collage of St Mary’s.

“Of all this day, perhaps I will remember most the elderly couple (in track 2 ‘Crowds in the Church’) who stopped by a tombstone set inside the church and remarked on what a “good age” it was to have lived to at that time. To my surprise and delight, the old man then sang the words “backwards, forwards, backwards, forwards”, swaying to his own rhythm in a strange dance. At such times, a visual accompaniment to the audio would have helped to explain this meaning – but it is suffice to say that his gesture was towards the grave on the floor and then upwards to the giant pendulum of the belfry clock that hangs through the ceiling, swinging symbolically overhead like the hand of Time. As I sat there, unnoticed by them, observing and recording the sound, I was reminded of the inscription written on the outside of the church tower ‐ ‘For our time is a very shadow that passeth away’. To walk in on the Friday afternoon that I chose to visit St Mary’s, and hear the wonderful music, and the people wandering in and out, conversing, enjoying the atmosphere of the calm town and the cool stone building, was a beautiful experience. I hope this recording can evoke some of the atmosphere of that special place.” (Thom Carter)

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released November 14, 2009

Recorded on location in Rye, England, 30th July 2009.

Written, recorded & produced by Thom Carter.
Artwork by Peter Prautzsch.
Distributed by Frozen Elephants Music (Cat-No: fe012).

Son Clair: www.myspace.com/sonclair
Thom Carter: www.thomcarter.co.uk
Peter Prautzsch: www.peter-prautzsch.com
Frozen Elephants Music: www.frozenelephantsmusic.com?page_id=51

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Son Clair St Leonards On Sea, UK

Son Clair ('Clear Sound') is the ongoing field-recording/environmental sound project of artist and musician Thom Carter.

Inspired by the immediate, everyday and extraordinary noises that are all around us, each album of recordings centers around a particular location or place and presents the audio from it as a site-specific sonic portrait.
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