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An Unorthodox 1-2

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An Unorthodox 1-2

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Tracklist

	Track	Duration	Listeners
1	An Unorthodox 1-2 (pt.1) full track	10:13	11
1	Part 1	10:13	1
2	An Unorthodox 1-2 (pt.2) full track	15:48	2
2	Part 2	15:48	0
3	An Unorthodox 1-2 (pt.3) full track	15:41	2
3	Part 3	15:41	0

About this album

Aurelie’s latest recording project, ‘An Unorthodox 1-2’, was commissioned as part of a residency at Barrow AFC Football Club in Cumbria. The project was led by artist, musician and Barrow supporter John Hall (Cardboard Lung, Good Noise/Bad Noise) with a brief to develop a piece of digital art for performance at the start of the 2008-9 season.

‘An Unorthodox 1-2’ combines field recordings, spoken word, and instrumental material to explore the aural environment of the ground from the physical sounds of the game to the emotional response of the crowd and the acoustics

of the site. Inspired by his visits to the Holker Street ground, Glenn Boulter produced a series of texts that he later recorded with Barrow-based actor Damian Rose. Drawing on early radio dramas, these fragmentary monologues collage together adverts for defunct local businesses, found text from programmes and details of local geography.

Edited and looped, the spoken texts form the starting point for three instrumental pieces, performed by Aurelie members Francis O’Donnell Smith (guitar, laptop, production), David Dhonau (cello, bass), Euan Roger (percussion, electronics) and Ola Szmidt (flute). Combined, the two elements attempt to capture the unique aura of match day in a Cumbrian town and to make explicit the idea of the game as a performance in its own right.