Good morning.
Today we’re listening to Loula Yorke, an English composer and sound artist. Since 2018 she’s been putting out solo music that plays with noise, samples, digital manipulation, and modular synthesis.1 The two records we’re listening to focus on that last category. Volta came out in January, a collection of sequenced modular synths, taking inspiration from Suzanne Ciani, Laurie Spiegel, and Caterina Barbieri.2 We’re also playing Florescence from 2022, which came from “experiments with patching and routing coupled with melodic content that relied on improvised pseudo-random quantised pitches,” as she told Electricity Club.
Volta - Loula Yorke (40m, no vocals)
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Florescence - Loula Yorke (50m, vocal sample on tracks 2 and 5)
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We wish you a great start to your week.
Not what I expected; much sparser - but in line with the early electronic musicians referenced - with a lot of empty space, with harsh, icy surfaces. Started with the second recording first. Each track seems to be its own piece.
Hurrah - yea Loula!