Day/Night by Kumo

From a starting point of 2 field recordings taken from the balcony of my flat in South East London, one was taken during the day the other at night, the rest of the music was built up in response: synths and theremin played as karaoke to the sounds of the estate. Accompanying, mimicking, occupying the spaces between the deliveries, planes, dogs, birds and the kids next door writing grime tunes.

Day was written, performed, recorded and mixed in the flat during daytime with only natural light, Night under cover of darkness.

"Kumo is one of the various monikers of Jono Podmore, who is also Professor of the Practice of Popular Music at the Hochschule for Musik in Cologne, working most recently to curate and manage the archives of Can.
This release consists of two elongated field recordings from the window of a London flat – one taken during the day, the other at night – and adds a layer of electronic instrumentation. Podmore worked on each piece only in the hours in which the original recordings were made.
“Day” begins with low-level atmospheric sounds, the distant traffic noise and turning over of the air are meditative and calming. And then suddenly there rises a metallic spin, as though an alien object has slowly dropped from the sky and settled above the estate. “Night” has a similar if slightly more malevolent feel, the barking of dogs and rumble of traffic adds to the sinister twinge of the artist’s synthesiser and theremin."
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Jono Podmore aka Kumo is best known for his tireless work curating the archives of Krautrock pioneers Can. Podmore has been no slouch with his own musical projects, working under his Kumo alias across multiple releases, performances and installations. His latest album Slave Dances (Seven Portraits) explores concealed African American identity

http://www.psychomat.com/kumo-short-biography/

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