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The second edition of Sarah Hughes’ «Accidents of
Matter or of Space» is a limited edition of 15 archival CD-Rs, packaged in
a 5 x 7 inch box and accompanied by a series of letterpress cards
containing the score to (can never
exceed unity), as well as a series of colored wooden rods that present
the score in sculptural form. In
addition, a complementary informational card includes credits and
track list.
This release brings together a solo
zither improvisation recorded in a disused transmission station in
mid-Wales with three realizations of the 2011 composition (can never exceed unity), performed
by Rhodri Davies, Patrick Farmer, Jane Dickson, Neil Davidson, and Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga.
1. Criggion (after Only) [20:02]
2. (can
never exceed unity) – Realisation #1 [20:03]
3. (can
never exceed unity) – Realisation #2 [10:05]
4. (can
never exceed unity) – Realisation #3 [4:22]
All compositions by Sarah Hughes
Liner notes by Dominic Lash
Download a PDF of the liner notes by
Dominic Lash HERE.
 
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1 Recorded at Criggion transmission station, Powys.
Recorded by Patrick Farmer
2-4 Recorded at St Paul’s Huddersfield, West
Yorkshire. Recorded by Simon Reynell
1 Solo improvisation by Sarah Hughes (zither)
2-4 Performed by Rhodri Davies (harp) Neil Davidson
(guitar) Jane Dickson (piano) Patrick Farmer (electronics) and Dimitra
Lazaridou-Chatzigoga (zither)
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Sarah
Hughes is an artist, composer and performer, producing work that
ranges sculpture, installation, composition and music. She is the cofounder
of Compost and Height, a curatorial platform that focuses on
new music and composition. She is also coeditor of the new music
journal, Wolf Notes, and
co-founder of BORE, a
publication dedicated to experimental text-based and graphic scores.
Hughes’s work has been exhibited and performed internationally,
including at Supplement, London; V22, London; Sydney Non Objective,
Australia; Oriel Davies, Wales; Center for New Music, San Francisco;
Constellation, Chicago and the Wulf, Los Angeles. Hughes is
Composer-in-Residence at South London Gallery 2015-2016.
Sarah Hughes (official site) / Compost and Height
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