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A splendid collaboration between experimental vocalist Maggie Nicols and multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Phil Hargreaves. Human is a work in eight movements through which runs Hargreaves’ title poem. A long and delicate collage of vocal interventions, acoustic improvisations, field recordings, and electronic textures. Sophisticated, captivating, poignant at times [“Fugue (We Are Not Certain)”] and – the greatest feat here – imbued with honesty and immediacy, rare qualities in this kind of collaboration where files are exchanged back and forth.

Francois Couture
blog.monsieurdelire.com/2012/11/2012-11-07-nicolshargreaves-graculous.html

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Réalisé par correspondance, morceau après morceau, Human est un disque de poésie sonore et même parfois musicale. D’un expérimental peu commun mais qui ne convainc pas à chaque fois, il mêle la voix de Maggie Nicols (langages inventés, récitation d’onomatopées, respirations profondes), quelques field recordings (morceaux de nature attrapés) et mille instruments qui claquent ou bourdonnent sur le mouvement de Phil Hargreaves.

Seuls un vieil orgue miniature et sa boîte à rythmes dissipent le mystère que cet Human contient. Ailleurs, ce sont partout les chants instables d’un folk incantatoire et les tentatives désespérées de dire encore dans le sillage de l’improvisation libre d’hier. Au détour d’une plage ombreuse, Nicols délivre peut-être un message : « Yes, we are searching ». Les recherches tiennent de la quête ésotérique et du théâtre de poche. C’est donc de façon étrange qu’elles mettent au jour des traces d'expression qui charment, interrogent ou déroutent.

Guillaume Belhomme

Le Son de Grisli

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released August 4, 2021

maggie nicols - voice, instuments, sound manipulation
phil hargreaves - instuments, voice, sound manipulation

recorded Sept 2008 - June 2012, in Carmarthenshire, Wales and Liverpool, England

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