Label: ICR

待望の第三弾!!40年以上に渡り自身のIC Studioを運営、Nurse With Woundのメンバーにしてサウンドエンジニアを務めるColin Potterが、Phil & Jackson Mouldycliff兄弟と共に継続している共同ワークスの3タイトル目[Canopies & Cathedrals]がリリース。2025年の夏に英ウェルズ大聖堂で展示されるインスタレーション作品の音源であり、鐘、オルガン、聖歌隊、植物を吹き抜ける風の音、鳥、昆虫といった、教会内部や熱帯の森で拾い集めた音ネタを大放射するシームレスな人工音風景作。Colin Potterのミキシング、アレンジが光る高内容。







Canopies : A roof-like covering of trees enclosing a large or wide natural space.

Cathedral : ;Large edifice usually of stone, enclosing space reserved for spiritual contemplation.

Vertical structures that strive for light and open spaces, defying gravity, and reason.

A Tarkosvsky-esque transcendence of spirit and nature, time imprinted on an intertwining of sap and stone, branch and pillar, column, and trunk.

This third MPM release is co-written by Phil and Jackson Mouldycliff, with studio treatments (mixing, mastering, and arranging) by Colin Potter. Additional field recordings used in the composition were provided by Dave Carson. It accompanies an installation under the same title, with visual material by Phil, Dave, and Sarah Robinson, to be shown at Wells Cathedral in the summer of 2025.

The extended ambient piece weaves together found sounds from the interiors of ecclesiastical buildings and both temperate and tropical forests. The composition features bells, organ, choirs, wind through vegetation, birds, insects-both real and imagined. These elements are further layered with synthesised and sampled sounds, creating a seamless soundscape that embodies the connection between nature, architecture, and memory.