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Wade
whitehead:
After a winter and early spring of walking the banks of the Dulais, I
decide that to begin to understand the workings of this river I must
enter it.
On April 6th I wade the river from beneath the fall to close to its
mouth with the Cych.
Wearing the guitar on my back, microphones on my head and carrying a
mini amp the walk becomes an evolving composition made by the power
of the water, its dialogue with the banks, trees and bed, and with
this man carrying a guitar.
In a small pool I drop up to my neck in it, a dog barks and a man
asks me what I am doing.
I send the field recordings to Barnaby Oliver. Keeping their
timeline, he mixes the sound for CD.
oliver:
Using the complete, unedited recording, I created several layers of live sound treatments using my Revox reel-to-reel tape recorder. I aim to move with the surroundings, as if treading lightly through the trees, aware of the sound and movement all around. Eventually the original sound is faded out, leaving the treatments to end on their own.
The CD is available as part of the book Walking to Work.
Dulais Wade / Duck was presented as part of a solo show at the Yorkshire
Sculpture Park September - November 2006 and at the Sonic Arts Network Expo in
Plymouth July 2007.
sound: