Quiet Noise by Andrew Heath
Quiet Noise continues Andrew’s obsession with small fragments of sound that we are continually surrounded by and exposed to in our everyday lives. Balancing these ‘lower case’ recordings with his fascination of texture and tone through extensive treatments and instruments such as piano and guitar, he explores this quiet and dreamlike world. Quiet Noise also develops a more recent trait in his work towards a warmer and more tonal sound. Andrew’s work is not static though but is constantly changing, building and evolving as each piece in this stunning album unfolds.
Quiet Noise presented a perfect opportunity to work with his fellow collaborators within the side project, Konstruct and so thanks must go to cellist, Simon McCorry who adds beautiful and soulful elegance to the track Embers which opens this album and to Alexander Caminada (aka Phonsonic) for stunning and majestic, half-speed flute on the concluding piece, Building Mountains.
Tracklist
| 1. | Embers (November '89) | 9:29 |
| 2. | The Arms of Morpheus | 8:14 |
| 3. | The Man who became his Painting | 8:24 |
| 4. | Prague | 2:38 |
| 5. | Après midi, Palais de Tokyo | 4:57 |
| 6. | Particle Drift | 5:23 |
| 7. | Quiet Noise (tone poem) | 7:08 |
| 8. | Solace | 2:23 |
| 9. | Found | 9:22 |
| 10. | Building Mountains | 7:42 |
Credits
Cello on Embers (November '89) - Simon McCorry
Half-speed flute (on Building Mountains) - Phonsonic
Collage artwork - Zoë Heath
Image manipulation - Andrew Heath
License
All rights reserved.
Ambient, piano based, lower-case music. Quiet and intimate - it explores sounds from both acoustic and electronic sources, along with processed field recordings and gathered, ‘found’ sounds. This music is not static though. It drifts. It constantly shifts and creates new maps that are full of change but listen carefully and you’ll also hear quiet, random glitches or shimmering dissonances.