Release Date: 10 December 2021
Label: Birmingham Record Company
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5060644810132
Genres: Classical  Contemporary Country  
Release Date: 10 December 2021
Label: Birmingham Record Company
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5060644810132
Genres: Classical  Contemporary Country  
Description
Cabin Fever is a catalogue, a collective portrait, a eulogy to one of the strangest times in recent history. It is a global composition with many collaborators, both active and passive, human and technological. Drawing on a set of over 250 accounts of dreams collected from all over the world over the past year, this record is an excerpt, a few drifting moments from what is in reality a 24-hour audiovisual performance event shared through the video conferencing application Zoom. The 10 tracks move from time zone to time zone, where snatches of attempts to recall dreams in a range of languages wash over the listener.
All the music was composed specifically for live performance over Zoom, using the software's electronic parameters as a new instrument which controls and uniquely adapts the performance, embracing the electronic glitches associated with this platform. The music is inspired by domestic sounds, pitches from kettles and washing machines, amplifying familiar noises and sounds from the homes, which during the pandemic became our cabins.
Esmeralda Conde Ruiz is an interdisciplinary composer of contemporary music, described as "a force of nature" (Choir and Organ Magazine). Her work revolves around real human voices and experiences, particularly the themes of memory and time, and how these can be presented through music. She specialises in choral and vocal pieces, especially innovative large-scale choirs. Her compositions often evolve from a visual starting point and develop into sound landscapes and rhythmical patterns.
Tracklisting
Hannah Williams, Riot Ensemble, Yshani Perinpanayagam, Cliodna Shanahan, Dorothy Chan, Ensemble Saxologie
Benjamin Tassie
Orkest de Ereprijs; Wim Boerman; Trish Clowes; BBC Concert Orchestra
Suzie Purkis , Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
Simon Hall
Orkest De Ereprijs; Wim Boerman; The Schubert Ensemble; Darragh Morgan; Mary Dullea; Daniele Rosina
Michelle Holloway; Jack Mcneill; Paul Norman; Simon Goff
Michael Walters; Paul Norman; Cobalt Duo
Bone Idle Bros
Ags Connolly
Red Hot Organization
Sara Evans
Hannah Ellis
Jimmy Rankin
Hank Wangford & Noel Dashwood
Patty Loveless