Lisa Lerkenfeldt - Shell Of A City

Lisa Lerkenfeldt's work dwells in a place of stillness, patience and astute reflection. Over the past half decade she has carved out a unique place, paying equal attention to timbre, harmony and noise alike. This tempered and reflexive methodology has lent her works a certain sense of gravity and weight. Each piece she creates holds a special sense of time, and through doing so invites listeners to lean ever deeper into her way. Shell Of A City takes this approach even further. Duration plays a critical role, not just in the unfolding of the piece, but also in its very creation. Lerkenfeldt’s willingness to allow the sound to lead is paramount and it is this quality that lends this edition such a profoundly personal touch.

A note from Lisa Lerkenfeldt

Recorded in Naarm/Melbourne, Shell Of A City reframes the architecture an instrument, in a concrète procession.

Durational contact recordings of a highway’s substructure reveal an unearthly resonance.

The continuous physical phenomenon is gently processed to explore the fringes of electroacoustic practice with a contemplative urgency.

The 40 minute arrangement pairs two channels of site-based improvisation into a time-altering minimal structure.

Many people wrote to me to say A Liquor Of Daisies tape was a tool they used for rest. How precious. Shell Of A City follows in its path.

I carve out space for listening to the discrete and lesser noticed.