Hope and Prey
Daniel Menche Vanessa Renwick
Life and death dramas unfold in the snowy American North, using three-screen documentary footage and a soundtrack by KYTN favourite, vocalist Daniel Menche.
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Life and death dramas unfold in the snowy American North, using three-screen documentary footage and a soundtrack by KYTN favourite, vocalist Daniel Menche.
Guitar and voice. Keening, droning and mourning. Be ready to release and bring your dis-ease.
Rhodri Davies plays two deconstructed harps. Lee Patterson examines the sonic properties of burning nuts.
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