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Cat Hope : Tough it Out

from After Julia [studio album] by Decibel

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“Tough it out” is a phrase Julia Gillard used to describe her way to negotiate the obstacles on her way to implement her policies and simply ‘work’ at her job of Prime Minister. It seemed impossible to hear about what Gillard was doing as prime minister because there was just so much noise and interference. This concept of trying to continue doing something you have been trained to do, through all kinds of railroading, is used as a structural device in this piece. The ensemble may choose any score of Hope’s to play, or the score provided, which uses popularity graphs of various Australian prime ministers over time. As it starts, it sounds like a ‘typical’ piece of Hope’s but a set of recorded instructions and commentary designed to interrupt the reading, understanding and performance of the piece are sent to the performers over headphones. These are sent in an order and rate chosen during the performance, by the electronics operator. This piece was written during a Civitella Ranieri Fellowship.

Cat Hope is a composer, sound artist and musician whose composition and performance practices engage elements of low frequency sound, drone, noise, graphic notation and improvisation. She often makes use of electronics and unusual or invented instruments in her works that have been performed at festivals internationally and broadcast on Australian, German, Italian, French and Austrian radio. She is Professor of Music at Monash University.

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from After Julia [studio album], track released September 4, 2023
Recorded by Stuart James at the Geoff Gibbs Auditorium, at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University. Mixed by Stuart James.

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Decibel is an Australian new music ensemble devoted to the realisation of music where acoustic and electronic instruments are represented. Decibel pioneer electronic score formats for new and existing works, incorporating mobile score formats and networked playback environments.
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