inertia by Sylvia_Din

released December 13, 2023

From the horse's mouth:

"Inertia is defined as the tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged. However, even if one tries to stay inert, they rarely succeed; most of the time, all they do is atrophy. The world will often change them, whether they intend it to or not. The slow sun-bleaching of old photos, the deterioration of the tape in their cassette, the loss of memories.

This EP is a unique and emotional journey through the complex nature of change and loss. It employs a mixture of glitched-out beats, eroded acoustic instruments, found sounds, and powerful spoken word passages to bring its world to life.

When crafting the sound of Inertia, Sylvia_Din digitally decomposed analogue elements, stretching and amplifying the gaps between noises, bringing often unheard artefacts to centre stage. It was important that the different elements of the songs were constantly wrestling with themselves, being periodically overrun with feedback or having granular slices of audio tear away from the main sound.

To bring this project to life, Sylvia_Din enlisted the help of three incredibly talented spoken word artists, without whom none of this would have been possible.

- Joshua Jones: In his writing, Jones operates across poetry, short story, and essay writing, while his art practice focuses on paint, collage, deconstruction, video, and sound. Jones uses art and writing to explore and communicate his neurodivergence, queerness, and working-class identity.

- Chloë Procter: Chloë is a London-Irish mulchy poet and massage therapist. Her work grapples with generating grammar ecologies and exploring alternative sense-making patterns. She was a poet in residence as part of Can Serrat’s Narrativa Colectiva residency in Barcelona, January 2023.

- Aaron Kent: Aaron runs the poetry press Broken Sleep Books and has recently finished his debut novel. He particularly wants to advocate for more working-class voices in literature. He had several poetry pamphlets published, and his debut collection, *Angels the Size of Houses*, is available from Shearsman Books.

- Ollie Turbitt: Ollie runs Deadhound records (Italy/Scotland) and has been instrumental in the support and production of this EP, using his knowledge of mastering to bring both the digital version and the tape master to life.

Two years ago, I lost my Granddad to dementia. It was hard watching a person she knew fray at the edges and slowly lose his sense of self. This EP is dedicated to him and anyone who has lost a loved one."