Underground from Scape Works by Lucy Claire
‘I’ve used soundscapes a lot in my work and this time I wanted to try recording a musical reaction to a soundscape in the actual place. The last piece on the record Underground was performed in Canary Wharf station, underground, beneath The City and all the decisions being made in the sky. I performed it along with the soundscape - each take is different as I reacted to the people going past, the ever changing soundscape and the continuous beeping of the ticket barrier. The soundscape is as important as the piano.
Josh Green helped me greatly with achieving this idea - he researched and built a Jecklin Disk for this recording. A Jecklin Disk is a sound-absorbing disk placed between two microphones to create an acoustic ‘shadow’ from one microphone to the other, almost like your head between your ears.
Tracklist
| 3. | Underground | 5:55 |
Credits
All music by Lucy Claire
Produced by Lucy Claire and Josh Green
Recorded and mixed by Lucy Claire and Josh Green at Alev Lenz Studio
Piano - Lucy Claire
License
All rights reserved.
Lucy Claire is a remarkable composer and producer, whose music fuses classical, cinematic and world influences. Her bittersweet piano motifs and melancholy string melodies, loaded with atmospheric soundscapes, along with off kilter harmonies and deep and compelling structures, have been compared to music by composers such as Nils Frahm and Johann Johannsson and post rock bands like Mogwai.