SHHH!! Ensemble - An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene (2023) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene: Causes, 1.1 Negative Energy
02. An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene: Causes, 1.2 If Trees Fall in the Forest
03. An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene: Causes, 1.3 Industrial Farming
04. An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene: Causes, 1.4 Home Sweet Home
05. An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene: Causes, 1.5 Transportation
06. An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene: Causes, 1.6 War, What Is It Good For?
07. An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene: Symptoms, 2.1 Garbage
08. An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene: Symptoms, 2.2 Batteries Not Included
09. An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene: Symptoms, 2.3 Entitlement
10. An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene: Symptoms, 2.4 Weather Report
11. An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene: Symptoms, 2.5 Food Inc.
12. An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene: Symptoms, 2.6 Excess
13. An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene: Symptoms, 2.7 The Cost
14. An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene: Solutions, 3.1 Switch Off
15. An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene: Solutions, 3.2 Regenerative Agriculture
16. An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene: Solutions, 3.3 Wind Turbine
17. An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene: Solutions, 3.4 Transportation
18. An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene: Solutions, 3.5 Vote
19. An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene: Solutions, 3.6 The People vs. Big Oil
20. An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene: Solutions, 3.7 Eating Healthy
21. An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene: Solutions, 3.8 Repair/Reuse
22. An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene: Solutions, 3.9 Education
23. An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene: The Outcome, 4.1 Healthy Planet
24. An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene: The Outcome, 4.2 Healthy People

An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene is a fearless work. It focuses on the environment from an auditory perspective, presenting a catalogue of our created world’s sounds by tallying the noises, echoes, reverberations and refrains associated with environmental degradation that leads to climate change. The sequential recordings of traffic, machinery, drilling, fracking and more serve as a backdrop for musical responses and reflections from the piano and percussion instruments, that simultaneously respond, reflect and develop the soundscape journey from one of hostile discord to one of reconciliation and peace. The audience is faced with the sounds of our man-made environment, stripped bare of visual distractions, and taken on a journey of action and possibility. We see this as a way to reach people on a whole new, visceral level. As humans, we get to decide what sounds we take forward with us into a new era and which ones we resolve to leave behind.

"Frank Horvat has been successfully exploring states of the human condition in contemporary times…This prolific composer keeps surprising us with diversity and an extent of musical expression, language and themes…his message is clear: music is an important tool in raising the level of positivity and hope on this planet as well as in our individual lives. Change is possible." (Ivana Popovic, WholeNote Magazine)

SHHH!! Ensemble
Carl Talbot, sound editor
Kristan Toczko, art director

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