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Late Junction: Sounds for a Midsummer’s Night

Sounds for a Midsummer’s Night

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, Sounds for a Midsummer’s Night

Adventurous music and weird sounds to celebrate the longest day of the year.

Verity Sharp picks a selection of tracks to celebrate the longest day of the year, from the urban sounds of Kate Carr’s walks along the Thames to hypnotic hymns by Old Saw.

Verity Sharp picks a selection of adventurous tracks to celebrate the longest day of the year, embracing the summer with open arms (and ears). Amongst the selections are a composition made from field recordings collected by Kate Carr during a walk along the Thames during the 2023 Summer Solstice; plus circular, hypnotic hymns from the new album by New England collective, Old Saw.

We’ll head outdoors ourselves, rolling through the luminous grass of sound artist Ludwig Berger’s Garden Of Ediacara, a fictional place, imagined as existing 600 millions years ago, where various ecosystems coexist harmoniously. In the distance, the mysterious harmonies of a Gregorian chant-like piece from Julius Eastman’s The Holy Presence are coming nearer. And, as the sun eventually disappears, there’s time to dance to Azu Tiwaline and Forest Drive West's dubwise beats and the trance-inducing music of Sipaningkah, who draws on both his sonic heritage as Minangkabau, an ethnic group native of West Sumatra, as well as Western electro-acoustic traditions. And - who knows? - there might just be time for an appearance from “the clamorous owl, that nightly hoots and wonders / At our quaint spirits” before sleep takes hold.

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