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Heat, War, Sweat, Law

by Laurie Tompkins

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1.
Sweat 02:54 video
2.
Law 01:44
3.
Heat 03:16
4.
Cigarette 02:04
5.
War 03:46
6.
Radiator 01:37
7.
Mini Wheat 02:09
8.
Implore 00:46
9.
Regret 02:29

about

'Heat, War, Sweat, Law' [SLP029] is British composer Laurie Tompkins’ debut solo recording: a desperate stomp on the bones of Heaven 17’s ‘The Height Of The Fighting’, replete with rabid voices, cracked pots, faltering pipes, spent IKEA bags and egg shakers, and spasmodic ghosts of Martyn Ware synths.

Part foaming rant, part exercise routine, 'HWSL'’s incessant shaking, hammering and yelling wear down soloist, tools, and the tolerance of an audience put upon by a dispersed mob seeking to recruit them in their inane howling and clapping.

Laurie has been commissioned by Aldeburgh Music, the LSO Soundhub Scheme, and the ddmmyy series; performed HWSL in London, Aarhus, and Berlin; made radio programs for Resonance and NTS; and collaborated with Oliver Coates, Otto Willberg, Suze Whaites, and Dori Deng. He co-directs Slip with Tom Rose and Suze Whaites.

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released May 9, 2016

voice, flowerpots, IKEA bags, shakers, pitch pipes, electronics: Laurie Tompkins

mob: Sam Andreae, Lysandre Coutu-Sauvé, Andreas Dzialocha, Marta Forsberg, Klaas Hübner, Malte Kobel, Owen Roberts, Sam Slater, Suze Whaites

Mixing & mastering by Owen Roberts
Artwork by Joel Wycherley
Tapes dubbed by Callum Higgins

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Laurie Tompkins Sheffield, UK

Laurie Tompkins is a UK composer, performer and co-founder and co-director of the Slip label.

From scores for samples, instruments and voices he creates a grabbable music that dreams and confounds. Bodies, things, words, and sounds strain under duress, looping their way through scenes of grubby presence, not-quite riff, mouldy echo, and swollen bombast.
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