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“I watched a silver swan, which had a living grace about his movements and a living intelligence in his eyes – watched him swimming about as comfortably and as unconcernedly as if he had been born in a morass instead of a jeweller shop. “
The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain
Sometime ago, before the pandemic, I came across a poem written by local poet Ian Horn, called Fishdance.
The poem traced the journey the river Tees takes through Teasdale, travelling through Barnard Castle, County Durham, reflecting on the history, industry, people, flora and fauna. When I read it, I could hear a watery soundtrack in my head, and I wrote to Ian asking if I could use his poem as a basis for some music. He graciously agreed not knowing what an electronic artist would do to his poem. I asked if he could send me a recording of him reading Fishdance, which he did via his phone, and I began writing The Silver Swan.
Then came the pandemic and we all hibernated and lost touch.
It has been about 7 years since first reading the poem and 6 years since beginning writing and recording tracks.
Sometimes projects sit on my hard drive for a while. It’s as if they need to wait for the right time to be finished and released.
This is one of those projects.
Credits and Acknowledgements
Fishdance by Ian Horn is read by the poet himself.
Bio –
Fishdance was originally a commission from the Bowes Museum.
After winning a Northern Promise Award from New Writing North he went on to perform at various festivals in Italy, Indonesia, Portugal and Glastonbury. His project on Football Poetry was presented in Schools in the UK and abroad. He spends his spare time watching Columbo.
Links –
Facebook – www.facebook.com/ian.horn.92
artstops.org/index.php/ian-horn/
poetrystation.org.uk/poems/sunderland-fc
Field recordings used and reimagined, courtesy of the Freesound community under the Creative Commons 0 Licence – Many thanks to freekit, martian, nsmusic,bini_trns, haniebal, plukx -fx, kyles, cabled_mess, bernhoftbret, lizpearson, george_papagyris,
Track 9 – With Spiritual Grace – Sample of 303 Heavenly Land
from The Ninth Ireland Convention, 2019 (Saturday) by Cork Sacred Harp – corksacredharp.bandcamp.com/track/303-heavenly-land
sites.google.com/view/corksacredharp
sacredharpsingersofcorkweeklysingings.bandcamp.com
The Silver Swan Story – The Bowes Museum Blog
thebowesmuseum.org.uk/the-silver-swan-story/
Composed, Recorded, Produced by O Johnson / Museleon
Cover Art – The Silver Swan by Museleon
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Dedicated to those who walk with spiritual grace on this earth and those that remain in our hearts.
Best listened through headphones but beware loud sounds.
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