Deer sounds music9/27/2023 The whole process was fun and liberating. We’d try something else new, repeat, and suddenly, we’re left with these songs we really liked! We experimented extensively with unorthodox ways of recording Jenny’s viola, trying different synths with granular effects, capturing field recordings and manipulating the audio. ![]() Jenny and I set out to write music and jam together, but the snowball just kept rolling. ![]() What was the creative process like for the production? And what were you technically and conceptually exploring with it? You recently released your debut album, the self-titled Barkum Deer. Referring to my comment earlier, I’ve been trying to teach my ears to listen to the world around us as if it were music. It’s not even finished, but I love the way it sounds. To round it off, they say, we have a roughly mixed, unreleased song for Barkum Deer. Following, there are two solo pieces by Jenny and Louis, both of which can be found online. The mix opens with a live version of their song ‘Folding Fog’ and an alternative version of -also theirs- ‘Labyrinth’, which is found exclusively on the CD format of the album. There is a thunderstorm that you’ll hear in there I luckily timed and captured perfectly, Louis shares. The track’s sound is designed with a special awareness that makes it something really special, endowing the compositions with a haunting enduring physicality. In some tracks, travelling pulsating drums make you feel like galloping on a horse’s back at 100 miles per hour in others, it’s the viola pulsating or stretching, with its string’s sound plunging into one body, pungently expanding and contracting within.Ībout the mix they have prepared for us, the whole of it is enveloped in found sounds and field recordings recorded by Louis: I’ve been on tour for most of 2022 with a band called Gang Of Youths, so I have had the opportunity to capture sounds from all over the world. Viola, drums, Jenny’s voice, and found samples (creaking doors and dusty footsteps) all combine to form a beautifully cinematic and abstract exploration. Jenny graduated from the RCA and as a classically trained viola player, has performed with Björk, Floating Points and Mica Levi, while Louis is a drummer, producer, and graduate of Berklee College of Music who’s collaborated with the likes of Gang of Youths, Master Peace, and First Light Records labelmate Kinn.Įarlier this year, they released their debut self-titled album Barkum Deer(First Light Records, 2022), a dense half-hour trip into bass-rich drones, anxious strings and skittering electronic flourishes. Amid the bleak reality of a winter lockdown, the pair found a space for creative collaboration unencumbered by deadlines or expectations, fuelled by the catharsis of experimentation. ![]() London-based duo Barkum deer are presenting our next mixtape instalment with a mix that mirrors what it feels to listen to the world around us as if it were music.īarkum Deer are Louis Giannamore and Jenny Ames, two talented musicians who met in a London house share and bonded over their love of early Renaissance music, black metal, and Björk.
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