Soundwalkscapes (volume 2), by Viv Corringham

Soundwalkscapes (volume 2)

by Viv Corringham

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1.	July (Prespes, Greece) 09:37	buy track
2.	August (Rain, Sag Harbor, NY) 08:13	buy track
3.	3. September (Lost river Walbrook, London) 11:09	buy track
4.	4. October (Train station, Muenster, Germany) 06:51	buy track
5.	5. November (Museum of Modern Art, NYC) 14:41	buy track
6.	December (Tunnels, Central Park, NYC) 12:06	buy track

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In the rural terrain of Prespes, Greece, Viv Corringham emits a croak that mimics both a passing bee and the clucking of a distant chicken, straddling their sonic similarities, drawing both animals into unexpected kinship. In Muenster, Germany, she traces the undulation of air billowing through a train station, suddenly dragging the rhythm to the foreground of our attention. As with the first instalment of Soundwalkscapes, her voice is used to revive a “lost river”, this time focusing on the Walbrook in London – she relays various tour-guide tidbits regarding the river’s history, occasionally resurrecting the river’s contours through the swoops and chicanes of improvised song. She croons into tunnels; she plucks out the dominant pitch within a morass of traffic noise. Her presence enriches our intimacy with these spaces, conveying the warmth of a harbour-side cafe, giving voice to the raindrop sidling down a window, swelling into the subterranean, illuminating the distances. She unravels the simplistic notion that to listen deeply requires the subject to remain silent. Rather than subduing herself to strive for a supposedly “unmediated” rendering of these places, Corringham is purposefully present throughout, guiding our ears toward intricacies that would have otherwise passed unperceived.

The process for Soundwalkscapes is as follows: take a walk each month, make recordings en route, assemble compositions from the materials gathered. There are numerous fantastical turns, with field recordings dropping out to reveal overlain lattices of voice, as if Corringham has retreated from her surroundings and into the interiors of daydreaming. Elsewhere she flings herself into the stereo corners, disguising her vocalisations as muzak playing out the coffee shop speakers, or as strange amphibious creatures tucked within the persistent rain. Occasionally she addresses the people within these soundscapes directly, ordering a small cappuccino with 2% milk during the closing moments of “August (Rain, Sag Harbor, NY)”, dispelling any notions of the recordist as a pair of disembodied ears floating through their environment undetected. As the title of this project makes clear, the walker is inextricably woven into the soundscape, altering and enlivening the space as they proceed – a body in persistent dialogue with their world, playfully adherent to museum visitor etiquette, sensitive to changes in weather and social atmosphere, occasionally craving the satiation of a hot drink.
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VIV CORRINGHAM (voice, electronics, field recordings)
is a US based British vocalist and sound artist, who has been described as “a vital force in improvised music since the late 1970s” (Corey Mwamba, BBC Radio 3) and “a vocalist of stunning virtuosity” (Louise Gray, The Wire).
She makes concerts, soundwalks, workshops and installations. Her practice explores relations between voice, place and walking, responding with sung improvisations to both natural and urban soundscapes.
Corringham has received international recognition and awards including two McKnight Composer Fellowships through the American Composers Forum.
She is a certified teacher of Deep Listening, having played and studied with composer Pauline Oliveros. In 2024 this practice took her to Mexico, Spain, Germany and the Listening Academy in Hong Kong.
Notable live performances have occurred in festivals at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Fonoteca Nacional de Mexico, Issue Project Room New York and Tempo Reale Florence.
Her recent album “Soundwalkscapes” (January to June) on Flaming Pines label has been well received and was named in Bandcamp’s Best Field Recordings of 2024. The Wire wrote that “Corringham voices the depth of place.”
Her definitive contribution to sound art practice is the 20 year ongoing “Shadow-walks”, which create layers of time and space, combining recordings from shared and solo walks along the same path with her improvised sung response. They have occurred in 18 countries, are taught in many sound art classes and have been the focus of articles in books and publications.
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released August 1, 2025

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