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Studies in Balloon Behaviour

from Red Nocturnes by Haworth Hodgkinson

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All the sounds in this piece are produced by a single balloon. I've long been fascinated by balloons as a sound source, from the roughest scratching noises to the eerie singing sounds they can make when rubbed gently. In 1997 I made some recordings of a small red party balloon and used them to produce two short pieces. In 2011 I met Malin Bång when she was performing with balloons at the Sound Festival in Mintlaw and Portsoy, and our conversation inspired me to return to my balloon pieces. I decided my two pieces were actually part of one longer piece, a soundtrack to an imagined natural history documentary in which balloons are the closest land-based relatives of the hump-backed whale. Initially we hear a lot of aggressive posturing as the balloons regard each other as potentially hostile, but gradually their attitude softens into cautious co-operation before they join in a final shuffling processional dance to a chorus of humming balloons.

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from Red Nocturnes, released September 22, 2015
Music composed, performed and recorded by Haworth Hodgkinson, 1997, revised 2011.

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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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