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Youth Takeover, as part of A Night At Whitechapel, 2019. Credit: Dan Weill
Duchamp & Sons sound workshop with Rosie Ridgway, 2019. Credit: Whitechapel Gallery
Duchamp & Sons sound workshop with Rosie Ridgway, 2019. Credit: Whitechapel Gallery
Youth Takeover, as part of A Night At Whitechapel, 2019. Credit: Rosie Kennedy
Our new EP was developed with artist and musician Rosie Ridgway. Weaving experimental beats, sounds, songs and spoken word each track gives insight into our eclectic musical influences, collaborative spirit and the thrill of making things together.
The idea for our project was to explore collaborative music making. A playlist of out-of-copyright material available on Open Music Archive triggered great moments of collective listening – as did the exhibition Once Heard Before and the sharing of our own favourite songs. Layering, looping, reversing, reordering and sampling quickly turned into tools to compose new beats digitally. Rosie’s work inspired our field recordings, vocalisations, and sonic experiments. The lyrics drew on newspaper headlines and songs that talk about gentrification, voting rights, having a voice, and the rush of new love. Making things together can be a challenging process but mutual support, a bit of humour and a great deal of crisps and Haribo Starmix helped us getting get there. Ahead of the EP recording and launch last year, we presented a sonic installation and live music production takeover at Whitechapel Gallery. This became a testbed for collaborations with guests and a platform for spontaneous performances and new compositions.
Shhh … tune in and listen. Make sure you stay till the end. You’ll be surprised by what you hear.
Listen to the group’s album here or on SoundCloud.
