Colliding Lines #18 - Nettles & Chalklines

Colliding Lines present live sessions, cross-genre collaborations and left-field recordings drawn from the London, UK and international experimental scenes; a long-form love letter to recorded audio as soundtrack, as sound art and as storyteller.

This episode marks the release of River . Pathway . Static, upcoming album by Stephan Barrett and Sylvia Hallett produced by Colliding Lines.

The two musicians find themselves nestled within field recordings of the River Lea, Tottenham Marshes, and Downhills Park, drawing the listener between the cracks and into hidden corners; into the rich background worlds that surround us daily. The two musicians first met and collaborated as part of Littoral Transmissions, a broadcast with Stephan here on Resonance Extra.

For Sylvia, whose musical approach can be best described as “violin moving outwards,” to bowed bicycle wheel and vinery, this piece follows Tree Time and Bolt and Latch. For Stephan this follows on from sound collage and invented language project The Abrasion Tapes, from long distant collaboration Blitemotes.

We round out with a replay of live work performed and composed as part of 2020’s live series Reanimation, which featured artists Ingrid Plum, Bell Lungs, Martin Clarke with Derek Yau, and Merlin Nova to name a few.

Tracklist

Stephan Barrett and Sylvia Hallett – Elsewhere
Stephan Barrett and Sylvia Hallett – Zero Crossing
Stephan Barrett and Sylvia Hallett – Swell Dispersion
Blitemotes – Lullipuff
Sylvia Hallett – Song of Boughs
Mother Ivy – Labirynt
Reuben Kyriakides – Podróz
Martin Clarke & Derek Yau – Zupa
Bell Lungs – Experiment in Colour Rhythm
Ingrid Plum – Czarny kapturek
Merlin Nova – Opus 3
Reuben Kyriakides – Dom