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<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nCERFILIC \u2013 SHOURES SOOTE<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you\u2019re curious about the title, it originates from a line in Geoffrey Chaucer\u2019s Canterbury Tales<\/em> and translates most accurately to \u2018sweet showers\u2019. And concerning the artist alias, Cerfilic <\/em><\/strong>is the moniker of London-based Jamie Michael McCarthy<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, a seasoned musician who studied music (and played) under Gavin Bryars<\/em> at Leicester Polytechnic<\/em>. In the mid-80s, many composers associated with the English Experimental music scene were linked to that institution, including Gavin Bryars, John White<\/em>, and Christopher Hobbs<\/em>, all of whom released music on Brian Eno\u2019s Obscure <\/em>label.<\/p>\n|Jamie McCarthy<\/em><\/strong> has presented his \u2018symphonic drone music\u2019 <\/em>under the Cerfilic<\/em><\/strong> alias since 2010.
\u2018Symphonic drone music\u2019 is indeed the best way to describe the composition Shoures Soote. Starting with the slow notes of a string quartet, the grouped notes gradually become \u2018seeds\u2019 that are subjected to sound treatment, time stretching, and compacting. The 62 minutes on this recording are an extract from a work of indeterminate length.<\/p>\n\u2018I used the word \u2018seed\u2019 for these bits of material I make because everything grows out of them, but it\u2019s appropriate too, because of the way I have to work with them: It\u2019s a process of tending \u2013 waiting \u2013 observing what the material seems to suggest for itself.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\nShoures Soote <\/em>is dedicated to McCarthy\u2019s<\/em> brother John, who passed away unexpectedly at the end of 2022. For a few months after his death, creating music felt impossible as it seemed like a betrayal of his brother. It was only when, at a poignant moment, he sensed that his brother was content with him resuming music creation and advised him, \u2018you have to release death from your body and learn to live again\u2019<\/em>, that Jamie <\/em><\/strong>could pick up his cello once more and commence work on this piece. Thus, Shoures Soote<\/em><\/strong> serves as a requiem for his brother.<\/p>\nThe music is as melancholic as it is splendid: \u2018there is grief there, but it\u2019s also an affirmation of life in the face of it.\u2019<\/em> <\/p>\n
|Jamie McCarthy<\/em><\/strong> has presented his \u2018symphonic drone music\u2019 <\/em>under the Cerfilic<\/em><\/strong> alias since 2010. \u2018I used the word \u2018seed\u2019 for these bits of material I make because everything grows out of them, but it\u2019s appropriate too, because of the way I have to work with them: It\u2019s a process of tending \u2013 waiting \u2013 observing what the material seems to suggest for itself.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n Shoures Soote <\/em>is dedicated to McCarthy\u2019s<\/em> brother John, who passed away unexpectedly at the end of 2022. For a few months after his death, creating music felt impossible as it seemed like a betrayal of his brother. It was only when, at a poignant moment, he sensed that his brother was content with him resuming music creation and advised him, \u2018you have to release death from your body and learn to live again\u2019<\/em>, that Jamie <\/em><\/strong>could pick up his cello once more and commence work on this piece. Thus, Shoures Soote<\/em><\/strong> serves as a requiem for his brother.<\/p>\n The music is as melancholic as it is splendid: \u2018there is grief there, but it\u2019s also an affirmation of life in the face of it.\u2019<\/em> <\/p>\n
\u2018Symphonic drone music\u2019 is indeed the best way to describe the composition Shoures Soote. Starting with the slow notes of a string quartet, the grouped notes gradually become \u2018seeds\u2019 that are subjected to sound treatment, time stretching, and compacting. The 62 minutes on this recording are an extract from a work of indeterminate length.<\/p>\n