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Songs of Epping Forest :: Dreamscapes for Voice, Saxophone and Trees

by NYX & Laura Misch

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Hornbeam 07:58
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Oak 08:14
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Beech 08:00

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NYX and Laura Misch release a new collaborative EP, exploring Epping Forest’s ancient, symbiotic relationship with humans and London.

The music on the EP was created in 2021 as part of an immersive outdoor installation by Matthew Rosier, conjuring the ancient trees of Epping Forest in the heart of the City. The installation featured life-size fire lit video portraits of Epping’s trees projected onto the tower of St Mary Aldermary Church. Raising much-needed awareness of our connection with these shrinking ancient forests.

The three works on the EP are formed from live improvisations inside the forest itself - playing inside ancient Oak monoliths, jamming along with Hornbeams, parading binaural rings around a Woodcutter’s glade and tapping into old Beech lopping rituals. Raw saxophone and vocals sing out as a call and response between human and forest - breathing through decaying wood, crying bell chants with branches and bark.

These recordings were then processed by NYX & Laura - looping & layering into more ethereal ambience; using resonators based on tree branches, particle delays to mirror the monolith structures, and ethereal reverberations from wind and cloud dreams. The piece was originally captured & spatialised with immersive field recordings into vast multi channel dimension by sound artist James Bulley, and is presented in stereo here with the same expansive mix.

All profits for EP sales will be donated to Earth Percent - earthpercent.org

Earth Percent, co-founded by Brian Eno, is a charity providing a simple way for the music industry to support the most impactful organisations addressing the climate emergency.


Artwork & design: cm-dp
Original photography: Matthew Rosier

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released November 10, 2022

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NYX is an electronic drone choir and otherworldly electric chorus, re-embodying live electronics and extended vocal techniques. NYX are reshaping the role of the traditional female choir, testing the limits of organic and synthetic modulation to explore the full spectrum of collective female voice as an instrument ... more

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