Wallpaper, by Jonathan Higgins

Wallpaper

by Jonathan Higgins

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1.	Wallpaper 05:07	buy track
2.	0330 818 0351 (Phone Box Mix) 05:36
3.	0330 818 0351 (4G Mix) 05:22
4.	0330 818 0351 (HSDPA Walk Mix) 05:39

about

During isolation we have looked to the internet to replace in person communication. Zoom and similar services have provided much needed interaction for many. However, those who lack access to the internet are excluded from these virtual social spaces. Wallpaper utilises words from those isolating without access to the internet. In an online recording session their words were read back, performed and manipulated via the imperfections of the internet until digital noise overtook all meaning. These recordings were then arranged to create Wallpaper.

Wallpaper exists in two versions: the digital download available here and a hotline available on 0330 818 0351 (calls cost your standard landline rate, if you're outside the UK please call +44 330 818 0351). The phone you use, where you are and the time of day you call will all affect the quality of the playback through the hotline creating a unique ‘version’ of the piece on each listen. As the quality of the call changes different aspects of the piece are filtered out, forefronting or hiding various layers within the music. This EP consists of the digital download of Wallpaper, the 8 bit, 8 kHz, Mono file that is utilised by the hotline and three recordings of the hotline from different phones and locations.

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released July 21, 2020

Performers: Patricia Auchterlonie, Mimi Doulton, Ella Taylor and Juliet Wallace

Supported by Sound and Music's ‘Interpreting Isolation’ Grants

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Jonathan Higgins London, UK

Music made by breaking things and trying to put them back together.

jphiggins.co.uk

discography

South on North

Jul 2021
Wallpaper

Jul 2020
Bootlegs

Dec 2019
dada, gabsus

Jul 2018

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