Catherine Sikora & Brian Chase - untitled: after (2018)

The music on this recording is inspired by Beowulf as translated by Seamus Heaney. In approaching the text for adaptation, Catherine set herself up with a cassette player and an old typewriter, and began to go through the book catching the phrases and passages that leapt forth. These excerpts, once accumulated, constituted the musical scores. Catherine and Brian's intention in working with this text was to treat it not in an academic or analytical manner, but rather in a way that confronts it face-to-face; they were interested in the magic of it and in the personal and collective journey of discovering that magic for themselves as expressed through their music.

Tracklist:
01. Catherine Sikora & Brian Chase - death
02. Catherine Sikora & Brian Chase - dear as he was
03. Catherine Sikora & Brian Chase - so. the
04. Catherine Sikora & Brian Chase - rigged
05. Catherine Sikora & Brian Chase - hand-to-hand
06. Catherine Sikora & Brian Chase - brightly forged
07. Catherine Sikora & Brian Chase - ice clad
08. Catherine Sikora & Brian Chase - shadow