Six Weaknesses - 1. Six Rivers Distant

from Speech Songs by Haworth Hodgkinson

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The second piece made in 2007 based on my own poetry was "Seaside Elephant". Whereas in "This Story" I had applied transformations to short fragments of the source, this time the transformations are applied uniformly to the whole poem. In 2010 I made five more pieces based on my own poems, in each case again applying the principle that all transformations were to be applied to the whole of the source recording. I arranged the pieces in order such that the voice becomes more distorted as the sequence progresses. In the first piece the text is fairly clearly audible, by the middle of the sequence the voice is still identifiable though the words may not be, and by the end the sound is hardly even recognisable as a human voice. This sequence results in the original 2007 piece appearing at the end.

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Six Rivers Distant

She arrived late
with booming eucalyptus.

My fingers
found rhythms of skin.

She sat
legs crossed at my feet
assembling a flute.

I negotiated
an embrace far too long
for a stranger
six rivers distant
and opted
for early departure.

© Haworth Hodgkinson
from A Weakness for Mermaids (Koo Press, 2007)

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from Speech Songs, released October 25, 2015
Music composed, performed and recorded by Haworth Hodgkinson, 2007/2010.

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Haworth Hodgkinson Scotland, UK

Composer, improviser and sound artist based in Aberdeenshire and inspired by the landscapes of the North of Scotland. Solo performances often combine poetry with live music. Has worked on many collaborations with writers, dancers, actors, musicians and visual artists. ... more

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