{"product_id":"auclair-sephamore-kit-records","title":"Auclair - Semaphore\/Second Signal (Kit Records)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDescribed as \"a delirious reconnaissance mission into the deeper spaces of synth pop music\" by Q Magazine, Auclair's 'Semaphore' EP from 2014 is a power quadrant of psych-pop doozies, drawing on the works of Broadcast, Anna Meredith, Colin Stetson and beyond. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eSemaphore comes with four cosmic 'Second Signal' remixes, with Shape Worship recalibrating the spiralling prog of 'Mersea Mersea Me', Toby Gale scrubbing 'Here Come the Planes' clean as a whistle, and Anna Meredith draping Auclair's voice in bafflingly elasticated chords, before Sebastian Palomar flings us from this solar system into the inky deep.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout Auclair:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eAuclair is a British-Rwandan music and sound artist and composer. Her work explores rhythm, voice and electronica - treating everyday life like new mythologies and taking an embodied approach to exploring ideas with sound. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eAlongside a series of releases, recent commissions include \u003cem\u003eIn Solidarity with Striking Workers\u003c\/em\u003e for the London Sinfonietta; \u003cem\u003eMunganyinka is a Transformer\u003c\/em\u003e for The Riot Ensemble and \u003cem\u003eRUZUNGUZUNGU\u003c\/em\u003e, commissioned by ISSUE Project Room in New York for their \u003cem\u003eWith Womens Work\u003c\/em\u003e series, across these last two works Auclair plays with ideas around non-linear time, memory, ritual, grief, language\/cadence, architecture and Rwandan folklore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eCollaborations include a choral reimagining of the Egba Market Revolt protest songs for Onyeka Igwe’s \u003cem\u003eNo Archive Can Restore This Chorus of (Diasporic) Shame\u003c\/em\u003e; 5-channel exhibition soundscape \u003cem\u003eAll power emanates from the land\u003c\/em\u003e with Jessica Ashman; scoring audio-visual and dance works with Yewande YoYo Odunubi for \u003cem\u003eCalling the Body to attention\u003c\/em\u003e; live re-score of Black Orpheus with Charlie Dark; working with pioneering Rwandan drum ensemble Ingoma Nshya; multi-sensory concert for blindfolded audience \u003cem\u003eThe Sensory Score\u003c\/em\u003e; choral sound piece about bees, \u003cem\u003eThe Swarm\u003c\/em\u003e; musique concrète series made from recordings of buildings, \u003cem\u003eFour Points Talk\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eIn Waves\u003c\/em\u003e for the Roundhouse Choir; \u003cem\u003eDawn Chorus\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eLive\u003c\/em\u003e exploring birdsong with Marcus Coates; community multi-arts residency \u003cem\u003eCo-Create: Walls on Walls\u003c\/em\u003e; experimental vocal ensemble Blood Moon Project and live film score collective INVITATION TO LOVE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eAuclair's latest EP \u003cem\u003eGiramata\u003c\/em\u003e is out now on Amorphous Sounds, with additional production and mix from Kwes (Warp Records) and visuals by Dark Angel Services.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Kit Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45124794318957,"sku":"KR05","price":7.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/3265\/1629\/files\/a0229564683_10.jpg?v=1776676983","url":"https:\/\/songathletics.com\/products\/auclair-sephamore-kit-records","provider":"Song Athletics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}