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abney park bells (single)

by Laonikos Psimikakis-Chalkokondylis

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This track was recorded at Abney Park Chapel in North London, in its final days before restoration works began in June 2021 which would transform the derelict chapel into a functional community space with modern facilities. The chapel has a peculiar history and unique surroundings, melding with the outdoor in an organic way. Abney Park Trust have previously used the space for performances, and with their permission I was able to access the space early one summer morning to record with the unique and slightly strange acoustics of the space.

This improvisation with shakuhachi and live electronics plays with the idea of "change ringing", a bell-ringing technique which can set strict patterns of swapping adjacent notes in each iteration to create variation with a limited amount of pitch material. Abney Park Chapel never had any bells; the shakuhachi is called a "bell" because its sound functioned like a meditation bell in the zen monasteries where it originated. There was a bell/bell-less synergy that this improvisation explores.

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released July 31, 2021
Many thanks to Abney Park Trust, and in particular Tom Walker and Zach Young for their support and openness to this project!

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Laonikos Psimikakis-Chalkokondylis London, UK

Laonikos (he/him) is a shakuhachi player and composer based in London. He improvises, teaches, repairs shakuhachi and enjoys spending time outdoors and improvising long, unhurried plays with the more-than-human.

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