Label: Room40

初共演となる超強力デュオ録音!!ソロ音源を始め、Ben VidaやLawrence Englishとの共作をリリース、ここ4、5年で確かな評価を獲得している米女性コンポーザーLea Bertucci。大人気となったBlack Truffleからのソロ音源や、Another Timbreからの完全生音録音などでも知られる大ベテランOlivia Blockとのコラボレーションが実現。ギリシャ神話でお馴染みのデルフォイの神託より拝借した有名なワードをタイトルに冠し、女司祭たちのカルトな行いを音像化。それぞれがオープンリールテープやマイクロカセットテープを使用し、フィールドレコーディング・ベースの厳ついコラージュ/コンクレートを放射。お馴染みエンボス加工スリーブ、インサートカードが付属。





Matte laminate and monochrone printed jacket with emboss, plus insert card.

I Know the Number of the Sand and the Measure of the Sea is the first collaboration of Lea Bertucci and Olivia Block. This collaboration was set into slow motion some years ago, in 2017, when Lea and Olivia connected through an interview facilitated by writer Steve Smith. In 2022, the artists finally had a chance to collaborate, performing an improvised set at Pioneer Works in New York City. Since then, the New York based Bertucci and Chicago based Block remotely built out ideas stemming from their live performance, passing sounds back and forth, until “I Know the Number of the Sand and the Measure of the Sea” was forged into existence. The title is a famous utterance of the Oracle of Delphi, a cult of female priestesses who would inhale the poisonous vapors of nearby volcanic vents to induce mystical visions for their seekers, often changing the course of civilization. Getting high from the earth. That is what this album hopes to achieve for our listeners :)

This collaboration sees Block playing synthesizer and tape, and Bertucci using her own voice processed through reel to reel tape, as well as microcassette collage of field recordings.