Name: Hum
Brand: Ben Chatwin

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2020-11-06

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Ben Chatwin

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Village Green

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Electronic

Village Green is an independent label reshaping the landscape of minimalism, classical and electronic music. Its diverse roster boasts some of the most forward thinking modern composers working in the UK & Europe today. With roots firmly set in the world of soundtrack styled atmospherics, *Village Green* explores the fertile ground where classical and minimalist composition collides with contemporary production.

Ben Chatwin is a talented musician known for his unique blend of ambient, electronic, and experimental sounds. Drawing inspiration from artists such as Bersarin Quartett, Greg Haines, and Rafael Anton Irisarri, he has created a distinct musical style that captivates listeners.

With his mesmerizing compositions and intricate soundscapes, *Ben Chatwin* takes listeners on a sonic journey filled with emotion and depth. His music combines delicate melodies with rich textures, creating an immersive experience that transports you to another world.

Whether it's the hauntingly beautiful tracks like "Digital Moss" or the atmospheric landscapes of "Worriedaboutsatan," *Ben Chatwin* showcases his versatility as an artist. His collaborations with other talented performers like Ocoeur and 36 further highlight his ability to push boundaries and create truly unique music.

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When electronic artist Ben Chatwin plugged his Moog synthesiser into the mains at home one day, he was surprised to find the electrics of his home faintly singing. His house was built in the nineteenth century, and what he was listening to was the building’s natural hum. He boosted the volume, and in doing so, found the inspiration for his next release, The Hum, out on Village Green. The Hum is Chatwin's sixth solo album of experimental electronic music under his own name and his eleventh in total. It amplifies the hidden frequencies that swirl invisibly around us in the air all the time but which most of us never hear, including the 50Hz hum of the power grid that producers will know all too well from the studio, but is almost undetectable to the human ear. Taking inspiration from Mika Vainio's physical sound worlds and Jóhann Jóhannsson's immersive soundtracks, The Hum's emotive accumulations and caustic textures form dense stratas, with strings and analogue synths harnessed as melodic anchor points among electric storms of pulsating sound. After discovering the drone of his home, he began extracting and amplifying as many ghost frequencies as he could from other sources to make tracks for the album. Interference includes aeroplane communications pulled from the sky; War of the Ants resurrects long lost echoes from previously erased recordings on blank tape. At one point, he found what sounded like human chorus in the signals – nobody else could hear it, so he also brought in singer Kirsten Norrie (MacGillivray) and buried her voice in the mix among the signals on Creep Strain and Snow Crash. Strings are arranged and performed by Ben's regular collaborator Pete Harvey (Modern Studies). Ben avoided using the computer as a sound source, and most of The Hum is completely analogue – it was mixed live and mastered to tape. This record marks a technological and textural leap in his music, as an album that is both made with and is about the hidden sounds of tubes, tape, and the air between us all.

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