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Artist......: Leslie Ting
Album.......: What Brings You In
Label.......: People Places Records
Genre.......: Avantgarde
Catnr.......: PPR045
Source......: CD
Rip.date....: 2024-08-17
Str.date....: 2024-03-01
Quality.....: 736 kbps avg / 44.1kHz / 2 channels
Url.........: http://www.leslieting.com
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Disc 1 / 2
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1. Dirt Road - Movements 4 & 5 (stereo version) 5:56
2. What is the most yourself you can be (with 7:20
another)? (stereo version)
3. Sandplay (stereo version) 8:36
4. Beholding - for solo violin & electronics 13:25
(stereo version)
5. Folds in crossings - for solo violin & 11:49
electronics (stereo version)
Disc 2 / 2
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1. Dirt Road - Movements 4 & 5 (binaural version) 5:56
2. What is the most yourself you can be (with 7:20
another)? (binaural version)
3. Sandplay (binaural version) 8:36
4. Beholding - for solo violin & electronics 13:25
(binaural version)
5. Folds in crossings - for solo violin & 11:49
electronics (binaural version)
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,: There's very little about violinist and interdisciplinary artist :,
: Leslie Ting's debut album What Brings You In that is :
:' conventional, and much of that has to do with the fact that the ':
,: project is so much more than just a record. Though the :,
: Toronto-based Ting is very much rooted in musical expression, :
:' much of her creative output thus far has situated her playing ':
,: within a larger context that draws upon elements of theatre, :,
: installation, and her experience from her former career as a :
:' practicing optometrist. Ting's breakthrough work, Speculation, ':
,: threaded performances of John Cage and Beethoven through a :,
: monologue and captivating projections, all of which served to :
:' tell her story of witnessing her own mother's loss of vision ':
,: and eventual (and sudden) passing. The piece garnered multiple :,
: award nominations, including the Pauline McGibbon Award for :
:' Emerging Theatre Director (2021). ':
,: :,
: What Brings You In also broaches deeply personal territory: :
:' therapy, but is more oblique and ambitious than its ':
,: predecessor. Here, Ting enlists various collaborators to bridge :,
: a remarkable range of different worlds. Using interview research :
:' and personal experiences with talk therapy, hypnotherapy, ':
,: dreamwork, sandplay, somatics, and reiki, Ting operates both as :,
: a performer and in a directorial capacity. The resultant work is :
:' unclassifable yet clearly sound-driven, grappling with ':
,: questions of selfhood via the abstract discourse of music. It's :,
: an ever-evolving project that has already been mounted as a live :
:' theatrical event, a web-based installation, and a gallery show. ':
,: In its present incarnation as an audio recording, its program is :,
: presented both in stereo and as a binaural recording, the three- :
:' dimensional headphone choreography of the latter serving to map ':
,: the interior worlds of its thematic content. :,
: :
:' Starting out with two selections from Linda Catlin Smith's ':
,: beloved violin and percussion piece Dirt Road, Ting quickly :,
: veers away from the pre-composed, plunging into a spontaneous :
:' exchange with brilliant Torontonian percussionist Germaine Liu ':
,: on "What Is The Most Yourself You Can Be (With Another)?" A :,
: glowing review in Exclaim! once praised Liu's "unique propensity :
:' for fnding music in the most seemingly mundane objects and ':
,: events" and on the album's third track, "Sandplay" listeners :,
: hear this particular aptitude come to fore as she performs in :
:' (and on) an amplifed sandbox, referencing the practice of ':
,: sandplay therapy. She's joined by the inimitable Matt Smith on :,
: electronics, who has worked as a producer to Lido Pimienta on :
:' her GRAMMY-nominated Miss Colombia and remixer for Caribou ':
,: while also crafting his own work under the Prince Nifty moniker. :,
: Smith was also the sonic architect of the rich binaural :
:' environments that the second disc of album inhabits. ':
,: :,
: Enveloping electronic sound also plays an important role on the :
:' two fnal pieces, both of which were commissioned expressly for ':
,: What Brings You In. In the album's liner notes, the composers of :,
: said pieces, reveal the extent to which Ting's over-arching :
:' concept interfaced with their creative process. "Beholding", by ':
,: acclaimed composer Rose Bolton is the frst of the two works and :,
: metaphorically traces Bolton's own internal transformation via :
:' the therapeutic process. Bolton's release on Important Records' ':
,: Cassauna imprint called was touted by the Quietus as "softly :,
: addictive, suspending time like staring out over the fickering :
:' city lights at nightö and her masterful command of evocative ':
,: atmospheric is equally palpable here. :,
: :
:' Julia Mermelstein's "Folds in Crossings" deploys electronics in ':
,: an almost orchestral manner, sometimes imparting the solo violin :,
: with an otherworldly glow, other times swallowing it an oceanic :
:' mass of sound. Though it's not without its moments of ':
,: turbulence the work unfolds a dreamy underlying majesty, :,
: ultimately providing a restful conclusion to the varied journey :
:' of the album. ':
,: :,
: Leslie Ting's unusual career trajectory has undoubtedly informed :
:' the path she has taken artistically. After spending three years ':
,: working as a licensed optometrist, she became tenured principal :,
: chair violinist in the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestral :
:' from 2013-16. It was during that period that she began ':
,: developing Speculation, which would in turn provide her with :,
: newfound visibility in other realms. The piece was ultimately :
:' presented live at The Music Gallery in conjunction with the ':
,: podcast Pondercast (2018); Ottawa Chamberfest (2018) OpenSenses :,
: Festival (London, UK, 2017); at Kitchener's Registry Theatre in :
:' association with the Open Ears Festival & MT Space Theatre ':
,: (2014) as well as online in 2021 through Theatre Passe Muraille :,
: in partnership with NUMUS Concerts and the Festival of Live :
:' Digital Art. ':
,: :,
: Recent collaborations have included Diane BorsatoÆs Your Temper, :
:' My Weather at the National Arts Centre SPHERE Festival ':
,: (Ottawa), performing in the inaugural season of improvisation :,
: web-series, Understory (brainchild of noted improvisers Parmela :
:' Attariwala, Nicole Rampersaud, and Germaine Liu), contributing ':
,: to the experimental publication Caddisfy Project (NYC) and :,
: creating a video Θtude for Race Cards (in Two Acts), a :
:' co-production by Prime Mover Theatre Company and Selina ':
,: Thompson LTD (UK) and the composition Describe Yourself for :,
: violin, voice and Zoom, which was commissioned by fellow :
:' violinist Christopher Whitley and served as the title track for ':
,: his recent release on Redshift Records. :,
: :
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