| Date | Label | Catalog # | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Dec 2020 | MASTER114 | CD-R, Digital |
Note - these are offered as separate downloads on Bandcamp.
Judge Smith writes:
The text of ‘The Solar Heresies’ was set down spontaneously, in the space of an hour; an unplanned mystical tract. It was written in February 2015, at Udaipur, Rajasthan, on the shore of Lake Pichola, as women did their laundry on the little dhobi ghat below our window.
It is a spiritual work, but, as with almost all my writing, the overall mood is light-hearted (the Tragic Muse has never been able to gain much traction with me). However, I should make it clear that there are some serious metaphysical propositions being offered here.
The music was recorded in Bergen, Norway in September 2019.
‘The Lunar Sequence’ comprises a series of meditations on the full moon. I found that, over the years, I had written various fragments of text about different aspects of this lovely and mysterious object, and these make up much of the libretto. Some lines of the spoken lyrics date from my teenage years, and the fact that these sections are not immediately obvious suggests the discomforting possibility that my writing has not matured quite as much as I would like to imagine.
The work was recorded in ‘Studio Judex’, perhaps better described as my garden shed, between 2018 and 2020.
The Soloar Heresies:
Ricardo Odriozola: conductor, Violin, Viola, keyboards, Mandolin, Ocarina
Ilene Chanon: horn
John Ehde: cello
Noa Ehde: percussion
James Lassen: bassoon
Diego Lucchesi: Clarinet / Bass Clarinet
Péter Palotai: Double Bass
Einar Røttingen: piano
Eivind Sandgrind: flute / Piccolo
Hege Sellevåg: oboe / Cor Anglais
Judge Smith: narration Vocals
The Lunar Sequence:
Jenny Bliss Bennet: Flute, Violin, Viola da Gamba
Michael Tyack: Classical Guitar
Oliver Parfitt: Moog Synthesizer
Brakeman: Acoustic Guitar (for the Fouth Quarter)
Steven Hargraves: Electric Guitar
Lene Lovich: Voice 1
Nick Lucas: Voice 3
Judge Smith: Voice 2
Fifi Chamoix: Herself
