Joda Clément "The Narrows" U09 CD ltd to 200 hand numbered copies cover design+treatments by Daniel Crokaert/2011 based exclusively on photos by Carl Heindl &Joda Clément release year 2011 length 35:13 Also on Unfathomless U01 mathieu ruhlmann U02 Luigi Turra & Christopher McFall U03 nicholas szczepanik & juan josé calarco U04 Kassel Jaeger U05 revenant U06 Juan José Calarco U07 simon whetham U08 James McDougall & Hiroki Sasajima Next U10 Five Elements Music

Out on December 27, 2011 "When I was born, my family moved to a remote farm in north Ontario, known as 'Setle'. Situated in the woods, 'Setle' was without electrical power during much of our stay, so much of my father's work involved using power from a generator positioned 400 feet away, connected by a series of extension cords. By integrating sounds recorded from these and other remote locations, he created a form of 'environmental music' that expressed the beauty and solitude of the Canadian wildnerness. When we later moved the city, he would take me with him on recording missions, so as I got older field recording became like second nature. I record mostly in urban environments, but my appreciation for sound is deeply rooted in my formative years. Following the release of The Cherry Beach Project (on Mystery Sea) I set out record a 'site-specific' piece as a follow-up, although I didn't have a particular location in mind. Without specific theme or purpose, time gradually eroded my initial intention for site specificity, as I gathered a tremendous archive of sound materials. Merging various threads into one mass, the construction of the piece seemed to take on a life of its own. As hundreds of sources blurred together to the point where I forget where many originate, I slowly came to look at the piece as a continuation of my father's idea of 'environmental music' - coloured by memories and impressions of those early years in north Ontario, yet re-imagined through the dense and shifting sound pallete of Toronto, where I live and work. (Joda Clément) Audio-sample Further info > get in touch