The title of this track came from a fascinating nugget of information given to me by Mr. Stapelton during one of my first visits to Cooloorta, concerning the British eccentric William Barnes and his effort to remove Latin and other non-English derivations from the English language. Barnes published two books about 'speech-craft' during the late 1800's outlining how this might be accomplished, and included lists of worth-evennings to a wide variety of Latin-based words. 'Pitches of suchness' was his replacement thing-name for the notion of comparison. How to convince the public to adapt this new speech-lore, however, was doubtless a great two-horned rede-ship for the man. Anyhow, the idea was intriguing enough to warrant thing-nameness for this particular piece of sound-culling.
The original title I intended to use was 'On The Famine Road', since many of the field recordings in the background were in fact recorded on the Famine Road. That title (or close enough) was later moved over to the track I made for Diana Rogerson (included somewhere else on this site) since it used her reading of a text piece I had written that was given the same title. The spoken piece was also originally going to be used in this track, but I changed my mind for reasons I can't remember anymore.
A little bit of a Nurse With Wound track I've always loved -- 'Charlie Hosts A Pork-Pie Parasite' -- which was released on the obscure cassette compilation 'Zamizdat Trade Journal 4' in 1985 (and recently re-released as part of the 'Flawed Existence' box set) is insinuated into the middle of the track.
Nurse With Wound sources recorded in 1985 and with Colin Potter at ICR Studios in 1998.
irr. sources recorded in Cooloorta, Eire and at the Felton Empire Studio in Felton, CA in 2001.
Original track assembly & mastering at the Felton Empire Studio, Felton, CA in 2001; digital clean-up & remastering at Rock Creek Tributary, Hillsboro, OR in April 2011.
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Field recordings intertwine with hushed acoustics and gentle ambience to create songs that are hypnotic and immersive. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 13, 2020
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