HERBERT,MATTHEW & LONDON CONTEMPORARY ORCHESTRA
HORSE (BONE COLORED VINYL) - LP

MODERN BMG

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UPC: 4050538899863
Label: MODERN BMG
Format: LP
Release Date: May 26, 2023
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1. The Horse’s Bones Are In A Cave

2. The Horse’s Hair And Skin Are Stretched

3. The Horse’s Bones Are Flutes

4. The Horse’s Pelvis Is A Lyre

5. The Horse Is Prepared

6. The Horse Is Quiet

7. The Horse Is Submerged

8. The Horse Is Put To Work

9. The Rider (Not The Horse)

10. The Truck That Follows The Horses

11. The Horse’s Winnings

12. The Horse Has A Voice

13. The Horse Remembers

14. The Horse Is Close

15. The Horse Is Here

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The album, released by Modern Recordings BMG worldwide, will be one continuous piece of music, made with a complete horse skeleton, 30+ musicians, bone flutes, horseskin drums, original mechanical instruments, pelvic lyres, electronics, cement mixer.

With an exploration of music’s origins and rhythm in particular at its heart it will begin quietly and slowly and gradually accelerate throughout, getting bigger and faster until by the end it is in a kind of frenzy. The orchestration will include the bones from a horse skeleton, flutes made from its bones, the traditional instruments of the London Contemporary Orchestra, and sampled recordings of a horse’s life.

It will demonstrate, through the choice of sounds, the story of music from its distant origins in the form of bone flutes (similar to the oldest musical instrument), via more traditional musical instruments to cutting edge electronics and sampling. The opening horse bone flutes, made by Henry Dagg, will be played by Shabaka Hutchings. The final electronics will contain instruments and techniques developed by some of the UK’s most interesting musical inventors.