{"product_id":"2684169","title":"Hannah Kendall - Shouting Forever Into The Rece [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eAward-winning British composer \u003cstrong\u003eHannah Kendall\u003c\/strong\u003e is at the forefront of British music, confronting our collective history and exploring social themes through music which both honours and challenges contemporary musical culture. Her new album shouting forever into the receiver, the latest release in NMC's acclaimed Debut Disc series, presents a broad survey of Kendall's recent music, from solo instrumental pieces to large works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree of the works on this album form a triptych exploring Cuban writer Antonio Benitez-Rojo's notion of the 'Plantation Machine'. \u003cstrong\u003eEnsemble Modern\u003c\/strong\u003e perform the title track, while New York-based \u003cstrong\u003eWavefield Ensemble\u003c\/strong\u003e perform \u003ci\u003eEven sweetness can catch the throat \u003c\/i\u003eand unconventional quartet loadbang present when flesh is pressed against the dark. All three pieces incorporate rasping walkie-talkie radios, ghostly wind-up music boxes and haunting harmonicas to explore the 'machinic system' of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its 'ongoing feedback loop system that continues today' (Kendall). Throughout, Kendall asks 'Where is the hope?' and 'How can the repetitious workings of this machinic system be disrupted and thwarted?'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album also features three solo works from Kendall's Tuxedo series, inspired by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Harpist \u003cstrong\u003eAnne Denholm-Blair\u003c\/strong\u003e and violinist \u003cstrong\u003eJonathan Morton\u003c\/strong\u003e use various objects associated with Afro hair to transform the sound of their instruments in \u003ci\u003eTuxedo: Diving Bell 2. \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTuxedo: Crown; Sun King \u003c\/i\u003erespectively, creating complex webs of meaning, while cellist Louise McMonagle plays \u003ci\u003eTuxedo: Hot Summer No Water\u003c\/i\u003e, written in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and including the piercing sound of an ACME Metropolitan Police Whistle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album is completed by the Halle's blistering recording of \u003ci\u003eWhere is the chariot of fire?\u003c\/i\u003e, a response to Lemn Sissay's poem \"Godsell\", described by the New Statesman as \"searingly impactful\".\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54419481330049,"sku":"2684169","price":17.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/5023363028523.jpg?v=1750562282","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/2684169","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}