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dialling the moor, moss, impossible waters

from The Whiteadder Tapes by OOR_Scintilla

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A celebration of the elemental presence of water in the Whiteadder Valley channeled, unchanneled. Its passing and travelling echoing the archaeology of travelling flint traders up the Whiteadder Valley following the water course.

A mix of a series of water recordings from ditches, streams in the Whiteadder water using underwater hydrophone and extended frequency mics capturing infrasound of deep plunges between stones and ultrasonic frequencies shoogling the air. With an interflow of bowed resonating bowls, synth lines and harmonium. Spectral processing unwinds to clear a underflow ending.

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Dr. George henderson of chirnside (1800–1864), 'Our bonny burnsides':


Our-bonny burnsides they hae drained and dug,
The crooks o the burn they hae altered too;
The green ferny knows where the hare lay snug,
They hae cleared o’ ilk buss, and riven wi the pleugh.
The bonny green braes by the foggy dell
Where grew the broom and the black slae-thorn,
They hae levelled down wi a purpose fell,
And Nature laments as her beauties torn.

The moor and the moss they hae aa ta’en in
To add to the great man’s wealth and store,
And the green bog-land, where sykes did rin,
Will bear the hay for our kye no more.
They hae torn up the sod o’ the lang-syne fauld,
And scattered the dust o’ the hill-side cairn,
Where lay the bones o’ the warriors auld,
And Nature laments aa her beauties torn.

They hae choked up the well that flowed sae free,
And the bonny well-strand they hae drained away,
Where young maiden Helen sang in her glee,
Or hied wi her full stoups up the brae.
Where flourished the rash-bus down yon howe,
The barley rigs now wave there unshorn;
And there mong the rashes we’ll nae mair rowe,
Where Nature laments aa her beauties torn.

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from The Whiteadder Tapes, released September 4, 2020

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OOR_Scintilla Edinburgh, UK

OOR_Scintilla (Louisa Love + Clive McLachlan Powell) are a Scotland based experimental artist duo exploring the material poetics of sound, voice and place.

Working with numerous forms of resonance across field recording, instruments, electronics + the voice, they produce environmentally-responsive work investigating hybrid and enigmatic territories with reference to ancient folk origins. ... more

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