Sound

A circle in 12 parts: Leo

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A live audio visual improvisation with sounds, images, video and vinyl selection from this years guest Leo, Susan Sluglett.

In the mix are: Louis Armstrong -‘Dream a little Dream of me’; Ella Fitzgerald – ‘Can’t we be friends’; Talking Heads -‘Road to nowhere ‘; Kate Bush – ‘And dream of sheep’; David Bowie – ‘Heroes’;
Nina Simone – ‘To love Somebody’; Earth, Wind and Fire – ‘Let your feelings show’; George Benson -‘Lady love me (one more time)’; Bob Dylan – ‘She belongs to me’; Joni Mitchell – ‘Chinese cafe/unchained melody’; The Smiths – ‘Stretch out and wait’

Paintings by Susan Sluglett https://www.susansluglett.com

Music of the Spheres – The Luminaries

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A circle in 12 parts has a core of vinyl records selected accorded to the sign of the zodiac and planetary ruler. Most of the planets are represented by Holst’s planet suite and I have a number of different orchestral versions in the collection as well as a couple of interesting electronic versions.

For the Moon (Ruling planet of Cancer) I have been playing with a varied selection of records with Moon themed tracks including Moonlight Sonata and Claire de Lune.

There are obviously a lot more Moon themed tracks in the collection, Moon River, Blue Moon, Paper Moon etc but I wanted to avoid vocals and keep the instrumentation similar to the other planets’ tracks.
I also found some Sun themed tracks on vinyl with similar instrumentation to play with for Leo.