Label: Nonclassical

英Chocolate Monkからリリースしていた作家の1stソロアルバム!!グラスゴーを拠点とする作曲家でありボーカリスト、そしてサウンドアートやパフォーマンスアート、ラジオアートといった芸術の分野で活動する孤高の女性アーティストNichola Scrutton。英Chocolate Monkからコンクレート作品を出版していた作家の初となる個人名アルバム[Interzone]。自身の実験ボーカルワークを軸に構成した内容で、声とフィールドレコーディングのアーカイヴ・サウンドを使用、リアルタイムで音を彫刻する様な形をとった緻密な変化がカッコイイ全8曲。









Comes in a card gatefold case with artworks by Nichola Scrutton - Limited Edition to 100.

“Interzone earns experimental distinction with innovations in performance and post- production...and themes of liminality”
The Skinny review

Interzone (Nonclassical, 2023) contemplates an experience moving between dream and waking, inner world and outer landscape, and an idea of constant change and perpetual motion.

Two defined elements emerge from Interzone: a careful use of electronics, and Scrutton’s experimental vocal practice. The album was recorded in two steps. The Interzone tracks that thread through the album were created by the artist herself in her Glasgow studio, using voice, field recordings and archival materials. For the other series of tracks, Nichola worked with sound engineer Jim McEwan to record the two Quartets, and the Trio and Solo movements. These focus on sculpting the voice sound in real-time and extended vocal techniques: the literal ‘liveness’ of live performance influenced those studio sessions.

Nichola Scrutton is a Glasgow-based composer, vocalist, and artist who works across a range of media and processes, including sound art and soundscape composition, performance, radio art, improvisation, writing and drawing. She has extensive experience as a collaborator in interdisciplinary and participatory contexts.