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Hello again - For those of you in Ontario and nearby, there's a
new installation to experience & an upcoming concert. For those
of you farther away - a new mp3 to download - and lots to read...


THE "BREAD & WATER" INSTALLATION

Last week dreamSTATE mounted the soundscape portion of the
new "Bread & Water" multimedia installation within the Huron
Historic Gaol in Goderich Ontario. Based on "Moon Sea Crossing",
a collection of poems by Lynn Harrigan, this collaborative
installation relates the true story of Aina, an Irish woman who
immigrated to Canada with her husband and children in 1846.
Aina suffered a breakdown shortly after her arrival in Huron County
and was incarcerated at the Gaol, as there were no mental
institutions at that time and place. Poems, music, paintings
and photographs throughout the Gaol explore a variety of themes,
including mental illness, displacement, hunger, grief & Irish folklore.

For this installation, dreamSTATE have created seven new
soundscapes to support the emotions of Harrigan's poetry.
Installed in various spaces within the Historic Goal, these
soundscapes represent the stages of Aina's journey to
Canada, to Stanley Township and eventually within the Gaol.
dreamSTATE will later be releasing a CD of these pieces
titled "PASSAGE" - which is currently available only at the Gaol.

Click the link(s) below to stream or download an mp3 of
"Stone and Sky" - music created for the Gaol courtyard
where inmates could stretch and see the sky again.
LoFi - http://www.dreamstate.to/play/stone_and_sky_64.m3u
HiFi - http://www.dreamstate.to/play/stone_and_sky_128.m3u

The "Bread & Water" Installation runs daily from August 28th
to October 24th within the Huron Historic Gaol in Goderich,
a very lovely town on the shore of Lake Huron in Ontario.
For more information on the Gaol and "B&W" installation visit:
http://www.huroncounty.ca/museum/pages/galleries/coming.html
and information about Goderich and various places to stay is
available at http://www.town.goderich.on.ca/restaurants.html


IN CONCERT

This Saturday September 4th, 5:30PM dreamSTATE will be
performing a set of soundscapes underscoring poetry by
Lynn Harrigan from her book "Moon Sea Crossing".
@ The Distillery District - Boiler House Patio (Seneca CollegeStage).
as part of the TORONTO CITY ROOTS SONG CELEBRATION.
(Yeah, I know - whodda thought?) It looks like this will be a free stage.
More info here: http://torontocityroots.com and directions here:
http://www.torontocityroots.homestead.com/festivalvenue.html


CD NEWz

Jonathan Hughes' new double CD Fluidities contains "Molten",
a new previously unreleased dreamSTATE track created just
for this project. Here's the details from the Foundry Label website:

"Jonathan Hughes' new album "Fluidities" is not your usual
double CD, but rather an open ended project designed to
generate many unique musical collaborations. The tracks
on these two discs were designed so that any track on one CD
could be combined with any track from the other CD to create
a hybrid piece. In fact any two tracks on Fluidities can be played
together to create new composite tracks that are, in effect,
virtual collaborations between artists who may have never
recorded together.

For listeners with access to only one CD player "Fluidities"
is still a complete listening experience; each piece functions
well as a self contained composition and the two discs contain
more than two hours of music. For those with two CD players
over twelve hours of unique music can be created from the
121 possible combinations of tracks.

Fluidities features eleven tracks by Jonathan Hughes (including
collaborations with M. Bentley, Hussalonia, Naryan Padmanabha
and David Mussen) as well as eleven tracks by some of the
most prominent names in the electronic music scene, including
Tetsu Inoue, Ian Boddy, High Skies (Mat Jarvis), Saul Stokes,
Susanne Brokesch, ATOI/Seofon, dreamSTATE, Interstitial,
Jussi & Jaana Väisänen, Dean Santomieri and Michael Bentley/eM."

dreamSTATE is proud to be a part of this very creative project.
Complete info, excerpts and CD sales here:
http://foundrysite.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=22&products_id=29


NEW PHOTOz

Photos from the live performance with Lynn Harrigan and cellist
Laura Jean McCann at the opening event for the "Bread & Water"
installation at http://www.dreamstate.to/events.htm


Thanks for reading this long update - these recent projects
are difficult to describe in just a few words.

Cheers,
Scott M2

http://www.dreamSTATE.to
ambientelectronicsoundscapes


Footnotes:

dreamSTATE CDs - information, reviews and sales:
http://www.dreamstate.to/between_realities.htm

Information on poet Lynn Harrigan at http://www.lynnharrigan.com

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