Asterisk Fields by Michael Cloud Duguay

"Is the soundscape of the world an indeterminate composition over which we have no control, or are we its composers and performers, responsible for giving it form and beauty?” ― R. Murray Schafer

Asterisk Fields, releasing Friday, September 5th on the Watch That Ends The Night Records imprint, enhances Duguay's listening, recording, and storytelling practices with a longform sound art piece that unites composition and field recording in equal measure. Having committed the last half-decade of his practice to investigating the sonic qualities of unconventional recording sites (churches, barns, lighthouses, various outdoor locations) and remote geographies across Canada as far flung as the Arctic Yukon, Newfoundland’s Great Northern Peninsula, and the easternmost tip of Prince Edward Island, the producer and composer has now turned to his immediate surroundings - his home, his neighbourhood, and his neighbours - to produce a document that investigates the experience of returning home, and creates form and beauty out of the soundscape of eight residential blocks.

composer, producer
improviser, and accordionist from peterborough, ontario, canada

https://watchthatendsthenight.bandcamp.com/

www.michaelcduguay.com