Arrays by MF Clarke
Melissa F. Clarke (MF Clarke)’s sound publication Arrays, on Oxtail Recordings, will be her first full length sound release. While she’s no stranger to the experimental performance scene in Brooklyn and beyond, her work has yet to be heard in a full publication until now.
Arrays includes data sonification material that began with her journey exploring geophysical data sets from the Hudson river, to similar material from Antarctica and the Arctic where she also traveled to capture field recordings along the coast of Greenland. The work also travels into the resonant glass instrumentation from her performances, and includes guitar, vocals and field recordings from the mid Atlantic region and cities of the American East Coast.
Altogether the album combines work spanning many facets of her experimental sonic lexicon and generative trajectory in an emotive yet structured journey of pieces. A listening journey through different threads, components, data sets, sounds and spaces. Arrays brings listeners into what Clarke describes as "a walk thru spaces of data + life."
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polar hudson:
data sonification from the Hudson river (subbottom profile), Antarctica (subbottom profile) and Arctic climate data, field recordings from Greenland the surrounding waters and ice with resonant glass instrumentation
snohole:
electronic and digital distortions of polar hudson content with analog feedback
firstGen:
guitar and vocals, with digital and analog distortion and feedback
primordial:
guitar and vocals, with digital and analog distortion and feedback
confluence (intro) + confluence (extended):
field recordings from the Potomac and Shenandoah confluence region, guitar and vocals, with digital and analog distortion and feedback
cities 1-4:
field recordings from Brooklyn, NYC and DC infrastructure data sonification, resonant glass instrumentation, and guitar with analog feedback and digital distortion
cover art: supernova vertices textured by displacement patterns
inside art: arctic Ice Images composited using computer vision
generatively texturing a a three dimensional berg
Thank You:
Oxtail Recordings
Mike Nigro
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My Friends + Family
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All Audio and Visual Content by:
MF Clarke
http://melissafclarke.net/
Sound Mastered by:
OVRSCN (Holosuite Mastering)
https://holosuitemastering.com/
Tracklist
| 1. | polar hudson | 8:53 |
| 2. | snohole | 3:50 |
| 3. | firstGen | 3:07 |
| 4. | primordial | 7:45 |
| 5. | confluence (intro) | 4:14 |
| 6. | confluence | 6:41 |
| 7. | cities 1 | 6:48 |
| 8. | cities 2 | 3:19 |
| 9. | cities 3 | 3:59 |
| 10. | cities 4 | 3:28 |
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MFClarke, Brooklyn NY, composes and performs experimental electronic sounds merging data sonification, field recordings, resonant looping of guitar, contact mics with glass, vocal input and distorted rhythms. Much of her sonic work includes generative audio for her art installations that have exhibited internationally.