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Florence Cats // Ys TAPE

Florence Cats // Ys TAPE

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Experimental musician Florence Cats from Villevoorde, Belgium will launch an experimental/ambient label in the same country in December 2022.Debut cassette released from Edições CN with a limited edition of 150.

Contains 3 songs from piano contemporary ~ drone ~ field recording. DL link included.

Labels and other works Click here for more information. ///Click here to see more E dições CN releases available at Tobira. 

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Includes DL link. Edition of 150.
Cassette comes in a Risograph cover with liner notes and a poem by the artist.

Text by Edições CN:

"Florence Cats is a poet, visual artist, sound composer, performer and acupuncturist. Born in Vilvoorde in 1985, she is currently living and working where Brussels meets the Sonian forest. Ys is a generous debut. A genuine personal statement. .

Sunken Cathedral is Florence interpreting Claude Debussy's La Cathédrale Engoutie (trans. the Sunken Cathedral). while practicing and composing his music. But unlike Charles Ives who used these home recordings as personal sketches, Florence Cats shares her captured moments as compositions for the public.

Similar to the Speak-O-Phone recordings, we now meet the piano as a physical expression - not as an archetype. We are together with Florence in a room.

Trough Florence's hands and feet, La Cathédrale Engoutie is brought out of its pupa stage to become a presence. Instead of being grounded in luxurious concert halls or on high end recordings, the piece is now natural. Sunken Cathedral is a template, an Affirmation for amateurs.

The piece was originally created for the group exhibition "Here Comes the Wave” at Project(ion) room, Brussels, February 2020.

In Fall Call, we find ourselves at QO2, a sound art initiative in Brussels. This piece was captured during a residency Florence took over the summer of 2022. We listen to the moment when a summer storm just washed the city.

Fall Call is a testament to Florence's magical - humanistic way of playing her custom-made theremin. By straining the settings of the instrument, her whole body - instead of just her hands - takes control over the instrument. So when she walks across room, the instrument answers in full color.

And then, a phone-call. Giving it a bit of a Poulenc vibe.

For the last piece, Drop Out, we find ourselves in Florence's apartment. When Florence opens the windows, the ambience of the surrounding Sonian Forest trickles in. This is an adorable moment. It predicts new beginnings. The smell of wet dirt and dripping leaves in the air. The poetry of rain.
 "

Artist : Florence Cats

Label: Label: E dições CN

Experimental musician Florence Cats from Villevoorde, Belgium will launch an experimental/ambient label in the same country in December 2022.Debut cassette released from Edições CN with a limited edition of 150.

Contains 3 songs from piano contemporary ~ drone ~ field recording. DL link included.

Labels and other works Click here for more information. ///Click here to see more E dições CN releases available at Tobira. 

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Includes DL link. Edition of 150.
Cassette comes in a Risograph cover with liner notes and a poem by the artist.

Text by Edições CN:

"Florence Cats is a poet, visual artist, sound composer, performer and acupuncturist. Born in Vilvoorde in 1985, she is currently living and working where Brussels meets the Sonian forest. Ys is a generous debut. A genuine personal statement. .

Sunken Cathedral is Florence interpreting Claude Debussy's La Cathédrale Engoutie (trans. the Sunken Cathedral). while practicing and composing his music. But unlike Charles Ives who used these home recordings as personal sketches, Florence Cats shares her captured moments as compositions for the public.

Similar to the Speak-O-Phone recordings, we now meet the piano as a physical expression - not as an archetype. We are together with Florence in a room.

Trough Florence's hands and feet, La Cathédrale Engoutie is brought out of its pupa stage to become a presence. Instead of being grounded in luxurious concert halls or on high end recordings, the piece is now natural. Sunken Cathedral is a template, an Affirmation for amateurs.

The piece was originally created for the group exhibition "Here Comes the Wave” at Project(ion) room, Brussels, February 2020.

In Fall Call, we find ourselves at QO2, a sound art initiative in Brussels. This piece was captured during a residency Florence took over the summer of 2022. We listen to the moment when a summer storm just washed the city.

Fall Call is a testament to Florence's magical - humanistic way of playing her custom-made theremin. By straining the settings of the instrument, her whole body - instead of just her hands - takes control over the instrument. So when she walks across room, the instrument answers in full color.

And then, a phone-call. Giving it a bit of a Poulenc vibe.

For the last piece, Drop Out, we find ourselves in Florence's apartment. When Florence opens the windows, the ambience of the surrounding Sonian Forest trickles in. This is an adorable moment. It predicts new beginnings. The smell of wet dirt and dripping leaves in the air. The poetry of rain.
 "

Artist : Florence Cats

Label: Label: E dições CN