Marconi & The Lizard, by Joe Acheson

Marconi & The Lizard

by Joe Acheson

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1.	Storms and Foghorns 08:48	buy track
2.	Streams and Crickets 04:06	buy track
3.	Sparks and Transmissions 06:21	buy track
4.	Birds in the Lions Den 07:32	buy track
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6th May sees the release of Joe Acheson’s “Marconi & The Lizard” EP, recorded during a sound residency in Cornwall in August 2015 which was commissioned by the National Trust for their Sounds of our Shores project in partnership with the British Library.

In 1900, radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi built a hut at Cornwall’s Lizard Point - the southernmost tip of the UK mainland - to experiment with sending radio signals over long distances; it was in that hut that the first ever ship-to-shore SOS signal was received. Last summer, composer and producer Joe Acheson, mainly known for his acclaimed work as Hidden Orchestra, spent a week there for the National Trust's first ever sound artist residency (as reported by The Guardian, The Independent and BBC One’s Countryfile) and Marconi & The Lizard is the fascinating result.

Entirely created from natural sounds and man-made noises recorded in the hut and the surrounding landscape, the music on this evocative EP somehow has an electronic feel; the tracks are alive with pulse, natural glitch, deep sub and a richly-textured atmosphere.

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released May 6, 2016

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Hidden Orchestra Brighton, UK

Hidden Orchestra is the solo studio project of multi-instrumentalist composer/producer Joe Acheson.
The albums and live shows feature a wide variety of guest musicians from all kinds of musical backgrounds.

hiddenorchestra.com

shows

Sep 24

Akbank Jazz Festival

Istanbul, Turkey
Oct 21

Theatre, EartH

London, UK
Oct 24

The Fleece

Bristol, UK
Oct 25

Metronome

Nottingham, UK
Oct 26

Summerhall

Edinburgh, UK
Oct 29

Norwich Arts Centre

Norwich, UK
Oct 31

Minard

Ghent, Belgium
Nov 02

Wilde Westen

Kortrijk, Belgium
Nov 03

Kulturfabrik

Esch Sur Alzette, Luxembourg
Nov 04

Point Éphémère

Paris, France
Nov 23

Nochtspeicher

Hamburg, Germany
Nov 24

GRETCHEN

Berlin, Germany
Nov 25

Niebo

Warsaw, Poland
Nov 26

Hipnoza

Katowice, Poland
Nov 28

Palác Akropolis

Prague, Czech Republic
Nov 29

A38 Ship / A38 Hajó

Budapest, Hungary
Nov 30

Nová Cvernovka

Bratislava, Slovakia
Dec 02

Ex Convento di San Francesco

Pordenone, Italy
Dec 03

Ampere

Munich, Germany

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