ECHO ORGAN, by Ed Williams

ECHO ORGAN

by Ed Williams

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ECHO ORGAN is a piece exploring the emotional struggle and release engendered by the meditative act of listening.

With it, I continue the dialogues with my late father dealing with music's power over emotions. It aims to transport the listener to the “inner world of subdued thoughtfulness” he thought accessible through certain listening experiences. Recordings of us discussing these ideas are spliced with discussions with experimental musicians about space, catharsis, memory, and other themes.

The swelling organ drones and recurring recordings of a harpsichord being tuned provide an eternally returning landscape. Grieving here becomes a means of communion with deceased loved ones who are, like music, only really present in memory.

This piece has since evolved into a series of podcasts entitled ECHO CHAMBER, available to stream on mixcloud:
www.mixcloud.com/edwilliamsxyz/
It has also taken the form of a sound installation, more info here:
edwilliams.xyz/echo-organ/

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released October 14, 2019

Featuring the voices of:
Audrey Chen, Isabelle Duthoit, Klaus Kürvers, Stepha Schweiger, Adam Goodwin, Daniel Williams, Peter Williams, Hannes Buder, Ed Williams.
And original performances of:
Shostakovich, Prelude No.1 in C major, Op. 87
Sibelius, Symphony No. 5 in Eb major, Op.82

Composed and mixed by Ed Williams.

Photo: taken with a disposable camera inside Eglise St. Joseph, Le Havre by Ed Williams.

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Ed Williams Marseille, France

Ed Williams is a guitarist, harpsichordist and composer exploring the interstices between early music practices, noise improvisation and experimental composition.

He is currently based between Basel, Switzerland and Marseille, France. ... more

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