François J. Bonnet – Banshee
Banshee is an ear directed towards the edges of the old world, where these infinite fines terrae cut and fractalize into coasts, harbours, fjords, peninsulas and archipelagos. Drawing its raw material from recordings made in the Inner Hebrides, Banshee tightly weaves a fabric where the sonic avatars of fauna, flora and climate merge with the human presence, its tools and its culture. Thus, a small boat cleaving through a loch becomes the voice of the mountains and wilderness, and the howling of the wind on the moors becomes the lament of a Banshee, harbinger of death, messenger of the Other World.
The piece unfolds in seven interwoven moments:
I Subharmonics (An Uaimh Bhinn)
II Seabirds & fiddle (Rubha na h-Eist)
III Impacts & Melancholy (Bodach an Stòrr)
IV Spectre (Quiraing)
V Cailleachan / Corryvreckan
VI Distance (Loch Bracadail)
VII Banshees