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POLLEN

by Oceanallover

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1.
Windborne 06:48
Poetic fragments by Gerard Manley Hopkins
2.
trad. arr. Joel Sanderson
3.
Blue 01:48
Lyrics by Alex Rigg Polleniser Called blue or some grand colour, Given shapes of plants: Like making a tree out of wood, Like building a cow with butter, Turning water into water And bread into food. Called blue or some deep shade, Giving a sheen to black. Caught in the dyer’s vat, Crushed rotten; Caught turning from green: Chlorophobic gardens. Called blue when colour means Giving uniformity; Like the strip of cloth around each neck, Like social chains and an indigo brand, Burned, tattooed, where the stain Of a working day’s sweat is blue. Called dying: taking pigment from one plant and Placing it onto the bones of another.
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Lyrics by Alex Rigg The Song of the Moon I dream of you in endless coils, My love is an ocean that writhes and boils. All the waters come to me All fluid movements seep; My heart is dry, will always be, My eye can never weep. I feel you through my dusty skin, The liquid moving round within. I’ll draw you out you blooded cells, You bladders, ponds and deep lake stills. All the waters come to me All fluid movements seep; My heart is dry, will always be, My eye can never weep. My drought is a muscle a singing wire, Strung tight between us in lines of desire. I dream of you in endless coils, My love an ocean that seizes and boils. All the waters come to me All fluid movements seep; My heart is dry, will always be, My eye can never weep.
5.
Lyrics by Alex Rigg You Are My Flower Drawn in to you you breathe us Agrain and again Agrain and again Our half life cut through. A wind born hope an encapsulation A vessel sailed out into the world A colonist and lover. We invade and contaminate; new lamps for old Are you our flower, our empetalled destiny, or do you choke, drowning in our dust? But for us you would be poor and our exchange a fruit that never set.
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Isatis 05:13
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Dzudzuana 05:16
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Indigofera 04:31
9.
CCD 02:55

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POLLEN is a series of performance events created by Alex Rigg and Oceanallover. This album contains both studio music and field recordings from these events.

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released December 17, 2014

Laptop & percussion - Anders Rigg
Trombone - Roger Marsh
Guitar - William Greensmith
Cello, double bass & vocals - Joel Sanderson
Electronics & field recordings - Guy Veale

Tracks 1 and 9 by Guy Veale
Tracks 2-5 by Joel Sanderson
Tracks 6-8 by Samson Sound

Mixed by Stuart Hamilton, Guy Veale and Anders Rigg
Mastered by Stuart Hamilton
Produced by Guy Veale
Recorded at Castlesound Studios

© Oceanallover 2014
Supported by Creative Scotland and Scottish Natural Heritage

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Oceanallover are a dance, design and theatre company making original and exciting new work. We collaborate with a wide range of musicians working across many styles.

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