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Manchester Collective - Black Gold
Shape-shifting ensemble Manchester Collective return tfor a tectonic journey through the elements.
Feel the ground tremble as Manchester Collective morph into a bass-heavy ensemble. Sliding rhythms and revving engines from James Tenney’s ‘Glissade’ rip open a chasm from which Luke Mombrea’s atmospheric ‘Black Gold’ emerges.
Tracing the history of a disastrous oil well fire, Luke’s audiovisual piece takes us from rising Californian mountains to the rumblings of industry – until we’re plunged into the inferno. Fragmented photographs and textural projections by visual artist Nate Mohler complete the story.
Sitting between these tectonic pieces is a new commission by composer Sasha Scott, who’s known for her shattering, glitchy music. Providing catharsis is a selection of contemplative Bach chorales and a cinematic vista from Hildur Guðnadottir. Much loved for her TÁR, The Joker and Chernobyl scores, her piece 'From the Other Place' is a masterclass in restraint and expanse before we plummet back towards the shattered earth.
Rock, fire and oil. The elements drip, crash and thunder against each other in Black Gold.
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