Music for Industry by Kirk Barley published on 2018-10-09T10:56:38Z These tracks were originally created and performed during Kirks 2 week 'Beatback' residency at 'Armley Mills Industrial Museum', Leeds in April 2018. During the residency, Kirk recorded sounds related to the industrial revolution at the various West Yorkshire locations – the River Aire, Thwaites Water Mill, Bradford Industrial Museum, Armley Industrial Museum, The Keighley - Oxenhope Railway, and Middleton Railway. He then solely used these recordings to create 45 minutes of new musical compositions, which were first performed in a live set on the closing night of 'Beatback' at Armley Mills. All the sounds heard (even the drums, subs, and synth-like sounds) were made using recordings of steam trains, a working water wheel, wool mules & wool manufacturing machinery and even reimagined industrial folk songs performed by local residents of Armley. The set (and sounds used for each section) follows a conceptual structure mimicking the old process industrial wool manufacture and distribution. Starting with recordings of the River Aire, on to recordings of a water wheel, on to recordings of milling machines (which once were powered by water wheels) and so on … Additionally, in some sections, Kirk has used the 'natural' rhythms found in the recordings of the milling machinery and steam trains to actually trigger the drum and melodic sounds, rather than program these himself. The machinery did the work for him. Contains tracks 01.Aire by Kirk Barley published on 2018-10-09T10:56:37Z 02.Twaites by Kirk Barley published on 2018-10-09T10:56:37Z 03.Mules by Kirk Barley published on 2018-10-09T10:56:37Z 04. Master Weaver by Kirk Barley published on 2018-12-13T13:10:49Z 05. Steam Pt1 by Kirk Barley published on 2018-10-09T10:56:36Z
