Breath of Light Remains

Primitive Motion has a new album out on the excellent A Guide to Saints label in collaboration with our friend Anthony Burr.  Here's what the label has to say: 

"Dream-like extended duration work from Brisbane duo Primitive Motion in collaboration with San Diego musician Anthony Burr. Breath of Light Remains is an improvised work recorded at PM HQ during one of Burr’s sojourns to his Australian home town. Summertime neighbourhood sounds of children playing, local birdlife and cicadas drift into the home studio as the trio arc sound around the room and beyond, colouring the air in shades both light and dark as time stands still.

Anthony Burr has enjoyed a distinguished career both as an improviser and reader of contemporary composition. He has recorded key works of Alvin Lucier and Morton Feldman and has played with Jim O’Rourke, John Zorn and Laurie Anderson. He has released work in duo form with both Iclelandic bassist /composer Skúli Sverrisson and Australian pianist/composer Anthony Pateras. While principally renowned as a clarinettist, on Breath of Light Remains he drops time-dissolving notes from the piano in a beautifully measured and delicate performance.

Primitive Motion is the collaborative project of Brisbane artists Sandra Selig and Leighton Craig. Over the past decade they have recorded an extensive body of work, with five albums released to date of their otherworldly musical dialogue, including a previous Guide to Saints edition. Their visual/audio collaborations have been exhibited, with a major work included in the 2010 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art. They have recorded and performed outdoor improvisations responsive to the natural environment, and on this release weave a group tapestry of floating sound with Burr that dissolves into the fading afternoon."

A special edition of 100 cassettes is available, with the cover photograph by Sandra of the trees outside her home studio where the work was recorded. Once again covers lovingly screen printed by No.7 Printhouse in Brisbane.  

Mastered by Lawrence English at Negative Space, the tapes sound as warm as the Brisbane summer afternoon on which they were recorded. We are very are very happy with this release! The cassettes come in lavender shells and a very limited number of grey.  Link below to purchase from Primitive Motion's Bandcamp page.