IS THIS A HOUSE is the result of a collaboration between vocalist G.W. Sok (ex-The Ex), living in Amsterdam, Netherlands and electronic composer & improviser Ignacio Córdoba, living in Copenhagen, Denmark.
G.W. Sok can be known for his thirty vocal years with The Ex, and a lot of other projects afterwards (Bazip Zeehok, L&S, Oma, King Champion Sounds, Coddiwomple, Oiseaux-Tempête, Action Beat, etc.).
Ignacio Córdoba started as part of the Spanish underground/punk scene until he discovered a mysterious industrial machine dubbed “The Box” and went down a rabbit-hole into experimental music touring all over Europe and moving to Copenhagen in 2017. He has collaborated with Michael Pisaro, Pamelia Kurstin, John Russell, Maggie Nicols, Søren Kjaergaard, Kresten Osgood, Fernando Junquera (Negro), Isasa, Ainara LeGardon and many more.
In early 2018 Córboda invited Sok to join him during his residency at the Worm Studios in Rotterdam. During that week the duo investigated the possibilities of Worm’s various machines and instruments in combination with vocal elements. The result of the sessions were a series of improvisations grown out of Córdoba’s electronic experiments and
Sok’s lyrics of dreams, stories, poems and edits from found footage, sometimes cut-and-paste on the spot and sometimes reworked and reshaped later on.
Back home Córdoba began inviting a wide arrange of Copenhagen artists to improvise with guitars, drums, horns, piano and more on top of the Worm skeletons. Afterwards he applied the same collage/cup-up
philosophy to all the sound material to create compositions that expand like incantations lead by Sok’s voice. Meanwhile a global virus got in the way, things were delayed even more, and it was no sooner than
February 2024 that Tractor Notown and MAGIA could shake hands and release it.
credits
released February 16, 2024
All music by G.W. Sok & Ignacio Córdoba, Halym Aabo-Kim and Laust Moltesen except:
- Portrait of a bird by G.W. Sok, Ignacio Córdoba, Halym Aabo-Kim, Laust Moltesen, Gustav Bjarne
- Tito and Amanda by G.W. Sok, Ignacio Córdoba, Søren Hoi, Laust Moltesen
All texts written by G.W. Sok except:
- We Walk by G.W. Sok based on a text by Ignacio Córdoba, a recollection of a dream.
Ignacio Córdoba - producer, engineer, mixing
Live sessions with G.W. Sok at Worm Studios in Rotterdam, NL (January 22nd to 27th 2018)
Overdub sessions in Copenhagen, DK. (2018, 2019, 2020)
G.W. Sok - Artwork, design
David Elberling - Mastering at The Village Studio, Copenhagen, DK.
Christina Hallström - Music Videos for Portrait of a Bird & The Stairs
02 We walk:
G.W. Sok - vocals
Ignacio Córdoba - loops
Halym Aabo-Kim - drums
Laust Moltesen - electric guitars
Michał Biel - baritone saxophones
Asker Thomsen - prepared double bass
03 Portrait of a bird:
G.W. Sok - vocals
Ignacio Córdoba - looping oscillators, blippobox, cracklebox
Halym Aabo-Kim - drums
Laust Moltesen - electric guitars
Gustav Bjarne - pianos
Jonas Engel - saxophones
Kristian Tangvik - looping tuba
07 The stairs:
G.W. Sok - vocals
Ignacio Córdoba - looping oscillators
Halym Aabo-Kim - drums
Laust Moltesen - electric guitars
08 My House:
G.W. Sok - vocals
Ignacio Córdoba - loops, voices
Halym Aabo-Kim - drums
Laust Moltesen - electric guitars, reverb tank
Miguel A. García - electronic drums
Francesco Toninelli - orchestral xylophone
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