Nick Ashwood & Laura Altman -verdigris by Nick Ashwood published on 2020-04-30T05:04:05Z https://caterpillarrec.bandcamp.com/album/battery Nick and Laura first met in 2017 and have been playing together both as a duo and in Splinter Orchestra since. In March 2019 Laura travelled to nipaluna/Hobart, where Nick was living, to spend time playing, recording and hanging out - one afternoon was spent in a studio and two days in locations in and around the city. One of these places was Alexandra Battery in lower Sandy Bay - one of Nick's favourite spots to play. They lugged their gear up a large grassy hill and then descended into the dark, reverberant concrete bunker where they played for an hour or so. The three pieces on this album are from this session. Using clarinet, small amp feedback, tape players + cassettes, small objects, acoustic guitar and e-bows, their playing tends towards a series of colour exchanges that explore the possibilities of acoustic phenomena, methods of preparing instruments and long-form improvisational structures. Genre improvised Comment by Martin Hoogeboom Great!! Love it! 2023-12-06T10:35:57Z Comment by Rosmarino Baia terrific sound! I love this piece 2021-03-30T08:28:07Z