Sonic Hauntings in a Big House

by Joseph Young

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	1.	Rewind 00:27
	2.	The Big House is Always There 03:51
	3.	The Poetics of Space 00:45
	4.	Listening to the Archive 03:40
	5.	Winds of Change 01:41
	6.	Is there a Ghost in the House? 03:18
	7.	Call of the Wild 02:06
	8.	Safe Beneath His Cross 04:20
	9.	Field of Sheep 01:17
	10.	The Potato 03:35
	11.	Autumn Leaves 00:47
	12.	Monument 05:36
	13.	Time Slips 02:00

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Sonic Hauntings in a Big House - Bandcamp digital release

“Echoes and stones, Tape recordings of ancestral empires”
(Young, 2023)

‘Sonic Hauntings in a Big House’ emerged out of a practice-based PhD research project, Killruddery: Listening to the Archive (2019-23). In his debut album for Farpoint Recordings, sound artist Joseph Young summons the rich and complex histories of the Big House in Ireland through field recordings, voice(s) and retro-futuristic sonic layering. Through exploring the extensive family archive held at Bray’s Killruddery House & Gardens, Young devised both a geolocated soundscape in Killruddery’s grounds and this accompanying record, which further proposes a spectral glimpse of a lost past.

Published in digital format by Farpoint Recordings, 4th April 2024
Physical vinyl LP format will be published during late 2024.

SIDE 1 – INSIDE

1. Rewind
An antique tape recorder is discovered

2. The Big House is Always There
Between Ireland and Britain

3. The Poetics of Space
Inside the Big House

4. Listening to the Archive
Maps, letters, photographs

5. Winds of Change
Outside a storm is brewing

6. Is there a Ghost in the house?
A spectral encounter

7. Call of the Wild
An unexpected sound in the hall

SIDE 2 - OUTSIDE

8. Safe Beneath His Cross
For the monks of Kilrotheric

9. Field of sheep
A pastoral idyll

10. The Potato
An elegy

11. Autumn Leaves
In the Rock Wood

12. Monument
Age of Empire

13. Time Slips
A water-powered clock

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released April 4, 2024

All titles by Joseph Young Produced by Joseph Young

Acknowledgements:

15th Earl and Countess of Meath (The Big House is Always There; Is there a Ghost in the house; The Potato)

Nico Brown - the voice of King Henry VIII and plays the Tibetan horn (The Big House is Always There; Call of the Wild)

This work was made possible by the generous support of Prof Lizbeth Goodman & SMARTlab University College Dublin, Irish Research Council and Killruddery Arts

Mastered by David Stalling
Graphic Design by Doreen Kennedy
Digital release project coordinated by Anthony Kelly & David Stalling

Sonic Hauntings in a Big House is supported by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealíon

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Joseph Young Dublin, Ireland

Joseph is "one of the most talented and innovative sound artists of our generation" (Prof Lizbeth Goodman). His recent artistic practice focuses on aspects of sonic hauntology as it relates to the heritage space. He is a specialist in the binaural field recording and his work has been exhibited in many institutions across Europe, USA & Asia and is held in several permanent collections. ... more

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