TIGER BALM / AMAZONIA DREAMING / IMMERSION

Black Truffle is honored to present a new issue of Annea Lockwood™s classic 1970 tape piece Tiger Balm, unavailable on vinyl for over thirty years, accompanied by two exquisite unreleased works for percussion and voice. Created while Lockwood was living in the UK, the side-long Tiger Balm is a singular work within the cannon of tape music. Inspired by research into the ritual function of music, the piece explores the possibility of evoking ancient communal memories through sound. Breaking entirely with the dynamic language of the musique concrète tradition, Lockwood uses a select palette of mainly unprocessed sonic elements chosen for their mysterious and erotic characteristics (a purring cat, a heartbeat, gongs, slowed down jaw harp, a tiger, a woman™s breath, a plane passing overhead), presenting at most two sounds at once. As one sound flows organically into the next, their shared characteristics are highlighted, opening a space of dream logic and mysterious associations between nature and culture, the ancient and the modern. The B-side presents two pieces for percussion recorded here for the first time. Amazonia Dreaming (1987), performed by Dominic Donato, uses unaccompanied snare drum and voice to evoke the nocturnal soundscape of the Amazon rainforest. Unorthodox techniques and materials (marbles, chopsticks, a plastic jar lid) transform the snare into a resonant field of sensual textures. Immersion (1998), performed by Donato and Frank Cassara, is a slow-moving exploration of gentle beating tones, performed on marimba, tam tams and gong. Like the other two works presented on this LP, it provides captivating proof of Lockwood™s belief in the complexity that deep listening can reveal within seemingly simple sounds. Francis Plagne Presented in a stunning deluxe gatefold sleeve with archival pics and liner notes by Annea Lockwood including the score to Amazonia Dreaming. LP design via Stephen O™Malley Mastered and cut by Rashad Becker at D&M, Berlin February 2017 Tracklisting: A: Tiger Balm B1: Amazonia Dreaming B2: Immersion Key selling points: - 1970 tape piece Tiger Balm, unavailable on vinyl for over thirty years - singular work within the cannon of tape music. - tradition, Lockwood uses a select palette of mainly unprocessed sonic elements chosen for their mysterious and erotic characteristics opening a space of dream logic and mysterious associations between nature and culture, the ancient and the modern. - percussion and voice, Amazonia Dreaming (1987), performed by Dominic Donato, using unaccompanied snare drum and voice to evoke the nocturnal soundscape of the Amazon rainforest, and Immersion (1998), performed by Donato and Frank Cassara, a slow-moving exploration of gentle beating tones, performed on marimba, tam tams and gong. - notes by Annea Lockwood including the score to Amazonia Dreaming. - Berlin