Antiphony of the Trees, by Laura Cannell

Antiphony of the Trees

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1.	For the Ravens 02:11	buy track
2.	For the Gatherers 02:22	buy track
3.	For the Sacred Birds 03:59	buy track
4.	For the Hoarders 03:01	buy track
5.	We Borrowed Feathers 03:32	buy track
6.	For the Mythos of Birds 02:59	buy track
7.	Antiphony of the Trees 03:41	buy track
8.	Hidden in the Marsh Thistle 03:34	buy track
9.	The Girl Who Became an Owl 02:52	buy track
10.	For the Honey Buzzard 01:32	buy track
11.	Awake From Your Feathered Slumber 03:16	buy track

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ANTIPHONY OF THE TREES is the 7th solo album from the UK based composer/performer/improviser Laura Cannell. Here, for the first time she focusses solely on the recorder, taking inspiration from the sound of birdsong which cuts through the crisp air of the fen valley where she lives. Armed with bass, tenor, alto and double recorders, layered fragments are transcribed and re-interpreted from birdsong into a minimalist solo chamber music. From slow chordal drones, breathy and raw in the chilled air to the sound of rapidly beating wings, she plays all the parts of all the birds: the hoarders, the gatherers and the sacred birds. The avian arias which dominate the sky are echoed and the response comes from a new voice.

"When the roads and skies were forced into quietude, the birdsong took over. The skies and branches were full of clarity with avian voices echoing through the crisp air of the fen valley. Every day it felt like the dawn chorus was getting louder, longer and stronger. The hyper focussed trilling of antiphonal calls permeated the stillness. The birds were singing so loudly that I had to sing back.” (Laura Cannell)

The antiphonal calls and responses of feathered creatures are reflected and mimicked through oscillating difference tones, minimal use of delay and organ-like polyphonic passages. Not wanting to be explicitly bird-like the tracks were composed and improvised by transcribing and playing along with the wild avian voices which echoed down the chimney pipe and through wide open doors and windows.

Antiphony of the Trees was recorded in 2021 in Laura’s kitchen which she has repurposed as her main studio over the past 2 years. Her usual methods of exploring location based acoustics were not possible, she turned inward capturing and reinterpreting the songs of feathered travellers who pass through her garden and inhabit the nests, landscapes and structures of the farmyard and churchyard on either side, (previous albums duetted with specific spaces including: Wapping Hydraulic Power Station - The Earth with Her Crowns 2020, Southwold Lighthouse on the East Coast of England - Simultaneous Flight Movement 2017, and various medieval churches in states of cavernous ruin).

Cannell has a background in music from the medieval, renaissance and baroque periods as well as being a violinist, improvisor, composer and having roots in traditional folk music. The ghosts of polyphonic harmony and monophonic medieval dances still live under her fingers and can be heard as she creates a sonic landscape layered with sweet dissonance and deep churring birdsong. Extended instrumental techniques including harmonics, growls and difference tones enable her to create fantasy antiphonal conversations between herself and the bird song culture passing through her garden.

“Birds and Recorders have been intrinsically linked for centuries. We have mimicked and tried to capture bird song, learning their melodies by ear and playing them on these pastoral recorders, in the fields tending to sheep, in the courts of castles and the parlours of great and small houses. In the churchyards of Holland, and in recollections and depictions of angels and deities. We have captured birds to teach them our songs that we may keep them in our homes. We have trained them in caged classes to give to our lovers, as living, breathing, music reciting machines. We have collected their voices, notated them and used them in our music. We have conjured folklore from their wordless stories, and attached lessons and meanings to their songs.”

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released March 11, 2022

Written, Performed, Recorded & Produced by Laura Cannell, UK.
Mastered by Mell Dettmer at Studio Soli, USA.
Published by Mute Song.

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Brawl Records is an independent UK label est. 2005. It is run by musicians Laura Cannell & Andre Bosman. Brawl's releases have been reviewed & featured in The Guardian, The Times, Financial Times, The Wire, The Quietus, MOJO, Songlines, Record Collector & more. They are regularly broadcast on BBC and internationally. ... more

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BRIGHTLY SHONE THE MOON

Dec 2025
GODDESSES OF ICELORE

Nov 2025
HAUNTLORE

Oct 2025
A YEAR OF LORE SERIES 1 - All 12 EPs

Oct 2025
DREAMLORE

Oct 2025
THE VISIBLE LIGHT OF OTHER WORLDS

Sep 2025
A Compendium of Beasts Volume 4

Aug 2025
A Compendium of Beasts Volume 3

Jun 2025
LYRELYRELYRE

May 2025
Overgrown Skies

May 2025
A Compendium of Beasts Volume 2

Mar 2025
A Compendium of Beasts - Volume 1

Jan 2025
WINTERLORE

Dec 2024
A YEAR OF LORE - 12 tracks curated from 12 EPs

Dec 2024
FIRELORE

Nov 2024
WITCHLORE

Oct 2024
HARVESTLORE

Sep 2024
GHOSTLORE

Aug 2024
The Rituals of Hildegard Reimagined

Aug 2024
MAMMOTHLORE

Jul 2024
WOLFLORE

Jun 2024
RAVENLORE

May 2024
MOUNTAINLORE

Apr 2024
RIVERLORE

Mar 2024
EARTHLORE

Feb 2024
SEALORE

Jan 2024
Midwinter Processionals

Dec 2023
RAVENINGHAM SOUND WALK

Nov 2023
BOW & CREAK

Sep 2023
AMPLIFY THE PURRRSITIVE

Jul 2023
ECHOLOCATION: Resonate From Here

Jun 2023
Destruction Horizon

Apr 2023
NO SOUND IS LOST

Mar 2023
The Dovecote Sessions

Jan 2023
Re-print NEW CHRISTMAS RITUALS

Nov 2022
WE LONG TO BE HAUNTED

Sep 2022
UNLOCKING RITUALS

May 2022
Antiphony of the Trees

Mar 2022
DECEMBER SOUNDS

Dec 2021
NOVEMBER SOUNDS

Nov 2021
F E R A L - Autumn - OST to the short film by Daisy Black

Oct 2021
OCTOBER SOUNDS

Oct 2021
SEPTEMBER SOUNDS

Sep 2021
AUGUST SOUNDS

Aug 2021
JULY SOUNDS

Jul 2021
JUNE SOUNDS

Jun 2021
MAY SOUNDS

May 2021
APRIL SOUNDS

Apr 2021
March Sounds

Mar 2021
February Sounds

Feb 2021
January Sounds

Jan 2021
WINTER RITUALS EP

Dec 2020
THESE FERAL LANDS VOLUME 1

Nov 2020
Beneath Swooping Talons

Aug 2020
The Earth With Her Crowns

Jun 2020
BE ONE - The Tallest Tower

Feb 2020
SING AS THE CROW FLIES

Aug 2019
THE SKY UNTUNED

Apr 2019
Carmina Chromatico

Sep 2018
RECKONINGS

Jul 2018
HUNTER HUNTRESS HAWKER

Oct 2017
Simultaneous Flight Movement

Oct 2016
BLACK EARTH REMIXES

Jul 2014
Quick Sparrows Over the Black Earth

Jul 2014
Feathered Swing of the Raven

Sep 2012
Ruminantia

Apr 2012

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