Previously only known to each other as fellow, file-sharing, members of the itinerant Orla Wren collective, the littlebow duo combined for a lightning-flash brief series of recording sessions, improvising the lion\u2019s share of their compositions and deliberately placing orchestral instruments within a resolutely post-punk production ethos, crucially spurning the overly polite, rule-observant trends currently found in much \u2018neo-classical\u2019 music. Ultimately, The Edge Blown Aerophone leaves influences and comparisons in the dust and offers a voice that is unique, one that repositions the most ethereal of orchestral instruments as a thing of dynamic resonance and consistently surprising malleability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SOLD OUT<\/p>\n\n\n\n The first 200 copies of The Edge Blown Aerophone were accompanied by ‘Puff,’ a limited edition 3″ disc of exclusive album remixes by Orla Wren, Pastourelle, Plinth and Robin Saville (ISAN).<\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘PUFF’ TRACKLISTING : <\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. The Crooked Post Men Of Pershore – Orla Wren remix <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Flute-centric debut redolent of late-’60s English folk pastoralism, mid-’90s post-rock, Popul Vuh and early Kraftwerk. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":82,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondlanguagemusic.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondlanguagemusic.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondlanguagemusic.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondlanguagemusic.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondlanguagemusic.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/secondlanguagemusic.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":424,"href":"https:\/\/secondlanguagemusic.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions\/424"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondlanguagemusic.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondlanguagemusic.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondlanguagemusic.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondlanguagemusic.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Blending the tonal and textural possibilities of concert and bass flutes, with support from Jenny Brand\u2019s clarinet, the drums, drum machines and percussion of J\u00e9r\u00f4me Tcherneyan (Piano Magic) and vivid daubs of, keyboard, guitar and glockenspiel from the ensemble, this is very far from being some overly tasteful showcase for the lulling qualities of the \u2018edge-blown aerophone\u2019 (the scientific designation for flute). Indeed, it\u2019s as redolent of late-\u201960s English folk pastoralism and mid-\u201990s post-rock as it is timeless instrumental works such as Popul Vuh\u2019s Hosianna Mantra<\/em> and Kraftwerk\u2019s Ralf Und Florian<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/secondlanguagemusic.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/littlebow-for-website.jpg\")
2. It’s Too Steep A Climb (For A Really Cheap Horse) – Pastourelle remix
3. Thijs Drift – Plinth remix
4. Girl With Orange Umbrella – Robin Saville remix<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/secondlanguagemusic.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/puff-2.jpg\")
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