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Artist
Jonathan Coleclough
12+ albums
droneambientexperimentalmodern classicaldrone ambient
about
Jonathan Coleclough is a composer who transforms the delicate sounds of everyday objects into mysterious and sensuous music. He takes familiar aspects of the real world and creates entirely new worlds from them. Starting from raw sounds as diverse as water boiling on a stove, sheep bells ringing on a remote hillside or pins dropping onto the floor, he creates music of richly textured drones and fragile filigrees. Sometimes the music is far removed from the original sources, at other times it exposes and explores hidden details within the sounds. In solo performance this process of transformation is made explicit by live video projections that show close-up details of him using the objects that serve as his instruments: a sheet of glass, a burning sparkler, a metal bowl, a melting ice cube. When he performs with other musicians their instruments become a further source of raw sound to be manipulated and transformed, opening doors for the musicians to step through. As well as composing and performing, he also makes sound installations which offer listeners an opportunity to explore a created sound world at their own pace. These installations incorporate sound material from the environment where they are located. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
