JAALJTH by francisco lópez & michael esposito
‘jaaljth’
by francisco lópez & michael esposito
EVP recordings by Michael Esposito:
[each track plays three repetitions of the same recording]
01 - I Don’t Feel Good [0:11]
02 - Free Without Light [0:18]
03 - Help Me Someone [0:11]
04 - I’m Freezing [0:09]
05 - Demon [0:06]
06 - I Know They’ll Find Me Someday [0:17]
07 - He Forgot Me He Forgot Me Not You [0:19]
08 - Hide Me [0:07]
‘jaaljth’ by Francisco López:
[piece created by evolutionary transformation of the above EVP recordings]
09 - jaaljth part 1 (I Don’t Feel Good) [4:25]
10 - jaaljth part 2 (Free Without Light) [3:51]
11 - jaaljth part 3 (Help Me Someone) [4:03]
12 - jaaljth part 4 (I’m Freezing) [2:53]
13 - jaaljth part 5 (Demon) [5:09]
14 - jaaljth part 6 (I Know They’ll Find Me Someday) [3:39]
15 - jaaljth part 7 (He Forgot Me He Forgot Me Not You) [3:05]
16 - jaaljth part 8 (Hide Me) [4:31]
17 - ‘The Witches That Follow’ by Michael Esposito [5:43]
18 - ‘mmotk’ by Francisco López [9:45]
[piece created by evolutionary transformation of the previous piece]
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Rumor has it that Francisco López pulled out a Ouija Board while listening to the EVPs on these recordings and was given these letters for the title.
Michael Esposito captured the EVPs at the Witches Castle of Utica, Indiana – a land that was stolen from three Métis sisters, who, at the hands of one ferryman, James Noble Wood, were bound onto a raft and to their deaths over the Falls of the Ohio River. But not before they cursed James, the vigilante townsfolk, and the town. The town failed. Years later, three mysterious sisters descended on the town building a Castle-like shack up in the wooded bluffs of a quarry. Anti-social, nocturnal and sinister, the sisters drew the town's suspicion. Baskets filled with odd roots, geodes, and animal bones were piled up on their front porch, and repugnant smells bellowing from the chimney led the townsfolk to deem them witches. The sisters were treated with disdain and unwelcome. Then the children started to go missing...
Did the spirits spell out an admission of revenge upon a hateful and cruel town?
Do the voices on this release echo the children's cautionary tale of treating strangers with better care?
You do the math.
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Original EVP recordings captured by Michael Esposito at the Witches Castle in Utica, Indiana in 2012. Casefile: PAW096. ‘The Witches That Follow’ by Michael Esposito: created 2012 in Chicago, IL. Michael Esposito is published by Field Music (MCPS).
(c) Michael Esposito 2013 - http://parc.web.fm
‘jaaljth’ and ‘mmotk’ by Francisco López: created at mobile messor (Den Haag), summer 2012 - winter 2013.
(c) francisco lópez 2012-2013 - http://www.franciscolopez.net
Photograph & artwork by Francisco López.
(p) 2021 Two-Headed Snake – t-hs.bandcamp.com
Previously released on CD audio (edition 300 copies) by Geräuschmanufaktur (Germany) in 2014:
https://geraeuschmanufaktur.bandcamp.com/album/jaaljth
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An ongoing series/ selection of album duo collaborations between international artists and composer Francisco López.