Label: Akashic Records

硬派なエレクトロアコースティック好きは是非!!美しい4パネルシルク刷りカバー仕様!!身の回りの物や楽器を使い即興演奏を録音、その断片を更に加工〜再構築しユニークなエレクトロ・アコースティック作品を作り上げるAilie OrmstonAilie Ormston。英グラスゴーより地元作家の秀逸な音源を届けてくれるAkashic Recordsから発表した2025年アルバム[Frames That Lean, Pictures That Roam]。実験音楽フェスティバル"テクトニクス"の委嘱作品として作曲された音源であり、自身はギターとサンプラーを操りリアルタイムで音響を生成、チェロとコントラバス奏者の生演奏も取り込み奇妙なアンサンブル作品としてアウトプットした全6曲。187部限定。







4 panel, fold out, screen printed sleeve. Printed, cut and assembled by hand in Glasgow on heavy duty, recycled card, pro dubbed audio disc.

‘Frames that lean, pictures that roam’ is a collection of instrumental works by Ailie Ormston for tape, electric guitar, cello and double bass. This ensemble of instruments achieves a complex sound ranging from fully electronic (tape) to fully acoustic (strings), with the guitar occupying space in-between. The freeing of fixed material is the common thread throughout these six works – riffs and motifs are established before being reinvented and reimagined, bending and twisting within the bounds of their own frames then reemerging in new pastures. This is employed using different methods in each voice – through processing in the electronics, improvisation on guitar, and detailed notation for the strings.

Ormston crafted the foundational electronics by processing fragments of improvised recordings using household objects and instruments, then assembling the results. These source materials are repurposed and brought back into real time as filters which the guitar is channelled through, subtly revoicing them and providing space for new melodic flares. The guitar is further abstracted through preparation with paper woven through the strings to disguise its well-known timbre and to afford new ways of playing. Ultimately, Ormston uses the guitar as a percussive device and sampling tool, bridging the gap between electronic and acoustic realms within the group. Ormston adds further dimension to the ensemble with cello and double bass parts that ground the abstract textures with nourishing melodic passages, informed by pitches, rhythms and gestures found in the other voices.

Early interactions of these works were written as part of a commission for experimental music festival Tectonics in 2022. They were further developed whilst in residence at Church Walk, Aldeburgh and completed at home in Glasgow in March 2024. For this album, Ormston is joined by Joanna Stark on cello and Rhona MacDonald on double bass, for whom the string parts were written. Recording of the string instrumentation, as well as studio production on the album, was made possible through support by Help Musicians.