Matthew Herbert and London Contemporary Orchestra – The Horse [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition 2LP]

Description

The album, released by Modern Recordings BMG worldwide, will be one continuous piece of music, made with a complete horse skeleton, 30+ musicians, bone flutes, horseskin drums, original mechanical instruments, pelvic lyres, electronics, cement mixer.

With an exploration of musics origins and rhythm in particular at its heart it will begin quietly and slowly and gradually accelerate throughout, getting bigger and faster until by the end it is in a kind of frenzy. The orchestration will include the bones from a horse skeleton, flutes made from its bones, the traditional instruments of the London Contemporary Orchestra, and sampled recordings of a horses life.

It will demonstrate, through the choice of sounds, the story of music from its distant origins in the form of bone flutes (similar to theoldestmusical instrument), via more traditional musical instruments to cutting edge electronics and sampling. The opening horse bone flutes, made by Henry Dagg, will be played by Shabaka Hutchings. The final electronics will contain instruments and techniques developed by some of the UKs most interesting musical inventors.

Tracklist:

1. The Horses Bones Are In A Cave
2. The Horses Hair And Skin Are Stretched
3. The Horses Bones Are Flutes
4. The Horses Pelvis Is A Lyre
5. The Horse Is Prepared
6. The Horse Is Quiet
7. The Horse Is Submerged
8. The Horse Is Put To Work
9. The Rider (Not The Horse)
10. The Truck That Follows The Horses
11. The Horses Winnings
12. The Horse Has A Voice
13. The Horse Remembers
14. The Horse Is Close
15. The Horse Is Here

*** Indie Exclusive ***
UPC: 4050538899863
Label: Modern Recordings
Release Date: 5.26.23
Format: Vinyl