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Octavia

by Laurel Halo

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Octavia, a piece for piano and electronics, explores the relationship between melodic motifs and textures in a singular way, intermittent moments of melody, harmony and sound materials connecting and disconnecting, to indicate a series of nets or webs, swaying in and out of one another. These sonic nets gently float, spin and merge, and the effect is one of gently floating over an abyss. The work is inspired by the “spiderweb city” of the same name in Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities: “Below there is nothing for hundreds of feet: a few clouds glide past; further down you can glimpse the chasm’s bed….Suspended over the abyss, the life of Octavia’s inhabitants is less uncertain than in other cities. They know the net will last only so long.”

Octavia, pièce pour piano et électronique, explore les rapports entre motifs mélodiques et textures d'une manière singulière, où se lient et se délient d’intermittentes mélodies, harmonies et matériaux sonores, pour évoquer une série de filets ou de toiles entremêlées. Ces rets sonores vacillent doucement, tournent et se fondent, produisant l’effet d'un léger flottement au-dessus d'un abîme. L’œuvre s’inspire de la “ville-toile d’araignée” du même nom dans Les villes invisibles d’Italo Calvino : “En dessous, il n’y a rien pendant des centaines et des centaines de mètres : un nuage circule ; plus bas, on aperçoit le fond du ravin... Suspendue au-dessus de l’abîme, la vie des habitants d’Octavie est moins incertaine que dans d’autres villes. Ils savent que la résistance de leur filet a une limite.”

François J. Bonnet, 2023

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released March 1, 2024

Music written and produced by Laurel Halo at INA grm in June 2021 and March 2022
Piano and electronics by Laurel Halo
Guitar by TRUSTFALL
Cello by Leila Bordreuil

Mixed by James Ginzburg
Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi
Cut by Andreas Kauffelt at Schnittstelle, Berlin, May 2023
Photo by Larissa Hofmann
Sleeve design by Stephen O’Malley

℗ 2022 INA grm
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Released in association with Shelter Press

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Laurel Halo Los Angeles, California

Laurel Halo is a Los Angeles based musician, DJ, and founder of the recording label Awe.

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