Atsuko Hatano – Insulated Paradise [CS] Avant-Garde / Leftfield buck’s measured crescendo conjures the

buck’s measured crescendo conjures the trance-inducing meditations of the sufi dervishes while watson’s pipes peal out glossolalic spasms that sound like a long lost maclise ritual

I scrapped the second two parts after a couple of subsequent performances and developed it into a six-part piece

We had access to tapes Hooton recorded just before his death in 1961 in which he extemporized on his ideas and read his writing

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gifted to her “from a stoned friend on New Year’s Eve 10 years ago in Brighton – cheap keepsakes can be more valuable than diamonds

Atsuko Hatano – Insulated Paradise [CS] Avant-Garde / Leftfield buck’s measured crescendo conjures the"Atsuko Hatano is a contemporay classical Viola player who works with electronics to add textures and layers to her sound. Located in Tokyo, Japan, she is a commanding instrumentalist and composer who constructs innovative compositions with strings and layered electronics. Working in isolation due to the Covid pandemic, Atsuko Hatano played violin, viola, synthesizer and electronics to create these powerful, unique compositions. Insulated Paradise is