This piece is made one from one single field recording I made when I was in Clermont-Ferrand gathering data for a project with photographer John Perivolaris and writer Ed Welch. I heard the sound of car horns in the distance and immediately reached for my recording device, entranced by the harmonies of the constantly smearing car horn sounds. At this point, all three of us were unaware that this was the first weekend of the Gilets jaunes demonstrations in France in November 2018.

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Clermont Horns was realized in 2020 in the composer’s studio in Monymusk (Scotland, UK) and premiered on January 28, 2021 during the online concert Richard Ingham, saxophones and Pete Stollery, electronics, as part of Sound Festival 2020.

Preparation

• November 17, 2018, sound recording: Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme, France)

Premiere

• January 28, 2021, Sound Festival 2020 [2]: Richard Ingham, saxophones and Pete Stollery, electronics, Aberdeen (Scotland, UK)