Millennium Mills PREVIEW VERSION by Aino Tytti published on 2015-11-08T14:26:00Z Available for download from the Touch shop: touchshop.org//product_info.php?products_id=694 The sound pieces are accompanied by a 17 page booklet of text and photographs, which explores the context and approach in detail. Over 12 months, the Greater London Authority granted me unrestricted access to The Millennium Mills, a vast and decaying derelict mill site in London's docklands. The mills were decommissioned over 30 years ago and have since been left to decay and decompose, while all around it has been the focus of extensive urban regeneration. The project focuses on taking a series of field recordings within the mills, then using these recordings in post-composition. Traditional air mics were used, alongside experimental techniques and equipment such as contact mics, geophones and hydrophones. This allowed harmonics, patterns, textures and resonances in the building and structural foundations to be revealed that wouldn’t ordinarily be heard by the ear. In addition to the field recordings, large PA rigs were installed in various locations throughout the mills and vocal harmonies from two collaborators were extensively recorded for later processing. Pure sine tones were also played back within the vast halls and in the process of recording both, a focus was made on using the natural reverb/echos/harmonics of the building. This allowed me to use the spaces and silos as ‘instruments’ which could be played and tuned live, in harmony with the vocals and sine tones. The sound pieces are accompanied by a 17 page booklet of text and photographs, which explores the context and approach in detail. A recent interview with was published on The Quietus, which discusses the project and provides an insight into my process: thequietus.com/articles/19044-aino-tytti-interview Genre Field recording Contains tracks 1 - Observations From The Nightwatch Hut, Late November by Aino Tytti published on 2015-11-08T14:26:00Z 2 - These Halls Which Used To Breathe And Sing by Aino Tytti published on 2015-11-08T14:25:59Z 3 - England’s Last Lies Ruined, 11th Floor Machine Room by Aino Tytti published on 2015-11-08T14:25:59Z 4 - Silo D by Aino Tytti published on 2015-11-08T14:25:59Z 5 - Waxing Gibbous Shines On The Black King’s Wharf (for Chrissie) by Aino Tytti published on 2015-11-08T14:25:59Z
1 - Observations From The Nightwatch Hut, Late November by Aino Tytti published on 2015-11-08T14:26:00Z
3 - England’s Last Lies Ruined, 11th Floor Machine Room by Aino Tytti published on 2015-11-08T14:25:59Z
5 - Waxing Gibbous Shines On The Black King’s Wharf (for Chrissie) by Aino Tytti published on 2015-11-08T14:25:59Z
