Lady Noise, Untitled (Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook, Oct. 16, 2011)
Collated histories of grasses, planes, pumping jacks, and dry lips mingle under a blanket of smog.
Washes of white noise, whistling, and breath. The drone of chatter through wind. A melody over takes us, the image/sound of site.
Commissioned by SASSAS, Lady Noise created a site-specific score from field recordings made at the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook site in south Culver City. Working with concepts of wind, breath, and air in the post-industrial sublime of Los Angeles, Lady Noise invited multiple players to join us in an amplified open-air concert.
Untitled (Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook, Oct. 16, 2011) features Lady Noise (Kelly Coats, flute; Kathleen Kim, violin; Gabie Strong, electric bass; and Sandy Yang, electric guitar) with Jesse Appelhans, Aisling Cormack, James Hamblin, Julia Holter, Janet Kim, Stefan Scott Nelson, Ron Russell and Jonathan Silberman. Many thanks to all our friends who contributed, performed and listened.
Untitled (Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook, Oct. 16, 2011)