SOUNDLIFE CHAPTER 2: CHOOLTD (THE DUALITY SONG)

Chapter Two from Soundlife of Slavek Kwi, radio-series

CHOOLTD. HOTCOLD. This is second installment of another Soundorganism destined for Frameworkradio. These Soundsketches contains (and will contain) various episodes inspired by my ordinary and extraordinary Soundenvironments, which includes also creative-process-fragments from my Soundactivities and spoken or sang thoughts. Still clumsy, but getting slowly more in balance.
Normality re-installed?

Soooo, this is reflection on the process of collaboration on multiple levels of existence: exploring the notion of “HOT” and “COLD” with Linda O'Keeffe, talented composer nowadays living in UK. Actually, I have absolutely no idea how to distinguish in sound_realm in between HOT and COLD. However, I am very happy to explore it, it seems very interesting and I might learn something new. And during the process I did come to momentary conclusion: if the sounds (including any association with it - either abstract or not) evokes in me feelings of "love" (or similar), i perceive it as "hot / warm". The rest seems "cold". Linda made piece based on my hot/cold sounds selection, including a vocal piece and I created one composition too (and re-cut-up her voice), you can hear it here in_mixed in, as it is originally 4 channel piece, I recorded it ambient in my little studio (it includes also unfortunate crying via baby-phone of Jonah Kwi who awoke in the night, it was not easy to calm him, do not know why).

There is a pre_mix from the collaboration with Porya Hatami, friend from distant Iran. He is making these wonderful almost melodic spaces and drones, I love meandering in between those pillars and tectonic plates and resonant outer space feelings. I wish I would have more time. Maybe this is actually good situation: to create framework to collaborate on various surfaces of real and time-dimension. INTERCONNECTEDNESS.
I do have tendency to connect everything ...

I am invited to portray one of Canary Islands – there is seven of those volcanic pieces of Earth stuck in the Atlantic Ocean and seven artists – got some sounds recorded there from a collective presented to me by Antonio Chavez Fernandez. I am using here a few short sound-objects I created from those sounds. Especially endemic whistling language from La Gomera is absolutely stunning!

Ah, yes! And again (like in Chapter One): limpet&stone min_instrument, a gift from Tony Whitehead, has short appearance here: would you find it in this phantasmagorical jungle? I think it is rather audible, but if you do not know what to look for, might be not easy. Visiting dentist, … all those drilling in my mouth. James Kwi rocking with branches in Virginia woods sometime ago. Then recently boys sitting at the table and drawing while I am listening ambient recordings from the process of working on hot/cold-thingy. Dragon-monster attacks little James Kwi in the bathroom long time ago … memories distorted and melted ... Helen Blackhurst reading text of Molly Harrison ...what did I forget?

For all my friends, unfriends and not friends yet. And thanks to Patrick - again and again ...