Sophia Loizou - Untold [LP]
Format: 2LP
Catalogue No.: HTH124
Release Date: 25th September 2020
Genre: Experimental/Electronic
‘Untold’ is an experimental electronic LP from multi-disciplinary artist and author Sophia Loizou. Depicting a series of speculative sonic landscapes; animals, ocean waves and weather systems are abstracted into eco-centric cyber-dreams creating powerful ambient compositions that invite us to see the Earth through the eyes of others.
‘Untold’ is not about the natural or the technological but the relationships between the two; sonic textures, breaks and melodies are shaped by the dynamics of a lion’s roar or the rhythm of a dolphin’s echolocation emissions. “I didn’t want to make it human-centric,” explains Sophia. “I wanted to remove my compositional and structural domination, to find ways to make it about the symbiosis of systems I see in the world.”
‘Untold’ is part of a much bigger multi-disciplinary project that also includes a collection of poems with accompanying audio, artworks, an AV show and a lecture performance.
Mastered and cut by Matt Colton @ Metropolis.
‘Untold: A Tellurian Memorandum’: Multidisciplinary artist and doctoral researcher Sophia Loizou’s debut poetic collection imagines a series of speculative sentient landscapes. The six works envision different aspects of entangled Earthly relationships; from the aqueous roots of biotic life and non-human systems of perpetual growth, to biologically enhanced futures where multiple forms of life collide, connect and share their material qualities. “I wanted to portray an open and empathic multiform future,” explains Sophia. “A world that celebrates the vibrant, messy and multifaceted beauty of non-human forces and forms.”
The book is accompanied by a 30-minute speculative sonic landscape in which sounds from living systems, field recordings from human, animal and technological origins meet - producing wild and unpredictable results.
The book includes digital download codes for the album and the accompanying 30-minute piece.
The vinyl formats include digital download codes for the album.
Available to independent retailers on coloured vinyl.
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Tracklisting:
Anima
Celestial Web
Vestal Waters
Inner Dreams
Fluxes
Hypnotik
Sylphonia
Bicameral
Apeiros
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