pheobe riley law

Sound:run:brea(d)th
(2025)

sound-theatre for electronics, field recordings and woodwinds

available to listen to online here

Composed from material collected during my Sonic Future residency with Semi-silent and Simultan, Sound:run:brea(d)th had its origins in the sound-runs I embarked on each morning, speed-dating with each locale, listening to their rhythms alongside that of my own breath before returning to them to listen at a slower pace. I filmed also, on an old, low resolution camcorder, moving through open and indoor spaces, connecting with people and occasionally discovering an electronic pulse or a cute sounding object that I knew I wanted to draw attention to. 

I think of this piece as a theatre; a space with multiple shifting scenes;

uncovered things covered;

field recordings; public squares / architectural spaces / the inner sounds of locally grown fruit / soil in the apartment garden / plant roots and branches / a milk vending machine along the Bega river / bird deterrent devices.

The sections / scenes become muffled, abstracted yet stay open; unearthed organic matter and micro-worlds, architectural resonance and the ultrasonic attractive and border. Each fragment shaped by or attempting to shape its environment and context. Spending some months with the recordings, and composing musical elements from them, I find links between old and new technologies, a personal and social sense of time, and the use of sound covered and uncovered. 

Recordings, composition and mixing by Pheobe riley Law for SEMI SILENT
Co-produced by Simultan.

presented at Orizont Sonor, Bucharest, Romania - 25th-28th September 2025 & Simultan Festival, Romania - October 2025